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Issue: Vol. 5306 No. 2: 20 Jun. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-06-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.7
Page range: 277-287
Abstract views: 345
PDF downloaded: 11

The discovery of the subgenus Contochorus van Achterberg, 1976 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae, Blacini, Blacus) in China

State Key Lab of Rice Biology; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture; Guangzhou 510642; China; Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China; Institute of Insect Sciences; College of Agriculture and Biotechnology; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China
Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China
State Key Lab of Rice Biology; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture; Guangzhou 510642; China; Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China; Institute of Insect Sciences; College of Agriculture and Biotechnology; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China
State Key Lab of Rice Biology; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture; Guangzhou 510642; China; Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China; Institute of Insect Sciences; College of Agriculture and Biotechnology; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China
Hymenoptera Key new species new record

Abstract

The subgenus Contochorus van Achterberg, 1976 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Blacus) is newly recorded from China. Two new species are proposed, B. (C). capillosus sp. nov., B. (C). planus sp. nov., and two species are newly recorded in China, B. (C). mellitarsis van Achterberg, 1988 and B. (C). turbidus Papp, 1985. An updated key to the currently known species of the subgenus Contochorus in the world is provided.

 

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