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Issue: Vol. 4933 No. 2: 19 Feb. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-02-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.2.7
Page range: 289–294
Abstract views: 215
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A new species of Adelius Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) from the Afrotropical Region

rograma de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, CP 676, CEP 13 565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brasil.
Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Pádua Dias, 11, Piracicaba SP-CEP 13418-900
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, CP 676, CEP 13 565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brasil.
Metodista University of Angola, Luanda, Angola.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, CP 676, CEP 13 565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brasil.
Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, CP 676, CEP 13 565-905, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
Hymenoptera Parasitoid wasp biodiversity taxonomy

Abstract

In this paper we describe a new species of Adelius (Braconidae, Cheloninae) from the Afrotropical region, the first record of the genus for Angola, and a significant extension of its geographical distribution.

 

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How to Cite

Timóteo, F.M., Shimbori, E.M., Ferreira, J.P.D.S., José, A.F., de Almeida, L.F.V. & Penteado-Dias, A.M. (2021)

A new species of Adelius Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) from the Afrotropical Region

. Zootaxa, 4933 (2), 289–294. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4933.2.7