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Issue: Vol. 4809 No. 1: 6 Jul. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-07-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4809.1.12
Page range: 187–194
Abstract views: 92
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A new species of Pristomerus Curtis, 1836 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cremastinae) and key to the known species in Iran

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, 98615-538, I.R. Iran.
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, 98615-538, I.R. Iran.
Iziko South African Museum, Natural History Department, PO Box 61, Cape Town 8000, South Africa; Stellenbosch University, Department of Botany and Zoology, Evolutionary Genomics Group, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa.
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, 98615-538, I.R. Iran.
Eben 21, A-4202 Kirchschlag, Austria.
Hymenoptera Pristomerus mirzakhaniae key new species distribution parasitoids Eastern Iran

Abstract

Pristomerus mirzakhaniae Zardouei & Rakhshani sp. nov., (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cremastinae) is described based on a specimen discovered in the Eastern part of Iran. A key to the known species of the genus Pristomerus Curtis, 1836 in Iran and a distribution map of the Iranian species based on published data are provided.

 

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