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Issue: Vol. 5231 No. 4: 1 Feb. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-02-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5231.4.9
Page range: 481-490
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First record of Neorthostigma Belokobylskij (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) from Neotropical region with description of two new species

1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, CP 676, CEP 13 565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
2Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, CP 676, CEP 13 565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
Hymenoptera Alysiini Atlantic forest Brazil endoparasitoid of Diptera parasitic wasp parasitoid taxonomy

Abstract

The genus Neorthostigma Belokobylskij, 1998 is recorded in the Neotropical region for the first time, with description of two new species from Brazil viz. Neorthostigma neotropicalis sp. nov. and Neorthostigma signifrons sp. nov. A dichotomous identification key for the known species of Neorthostigma is provided.

 

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