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Issue: Vol. 5477 No. 3: 9 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.3.7
Page range: 380-386
Abstract views: 107
PDF downloaded: 3

First record of Discleroderma Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from China and Republic of the Congo, with description of two new species

Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular 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; 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
Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea Scleroderminae Afrotropical realm Sino-Japanese realm

Abstract

The genus Discleroderma Kieffer is recorded from China and Republic of the Congo for the first time. Two new species are described and illustrated: D. congoense sp. nov., D. xizangense sp. nov. from Republic of the Congo and China, respectively. An updated key to the world species of this genus is provided.

 

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