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Issue: Vol. 5481 No. 1: 15 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.9
Page range: 141-145
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 2

Conostigmus nankunensis (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea), a new species from China with a long facial sulcus

Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources; Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Enzymology and Mechanism of Major Diseases; College of Life Sciences; Anhui Normal University; Wuhu; Anhui 241000; China
Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources; Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Enzymology and Mechanism of Major Diseases; College of Life Sciences; Anhui Normal University; Wuhu; Anhui 241000; China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Recovery and Reconstruction of Degraded Ecosystem in Wanjiang Basin Co-founded by Anhui Province and Ministry of Education; School of Ecology and Environment; Wuhu; Anhui 241000; China; Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100000; China
Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources; Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Enzymology and Mechanism of Major Diseases; College of Life Sciences; Anhui Normal University; Wuhu; Anhui 241000; China; Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100000; China
Hymenoptera Ceraphronoidea morphology new species taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of the megaspiline genus Conostigmus Dahlbom with a distinct facial sulcus is described and figured from material collected in yellow pan traps. Conostigmus nankunensis Qian and Wang sp. nov., is the fifth species of Conostigmus described from China.

 

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