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Issue: Vol. 5760 No. 1: 20 Feb. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-02-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5760.1.6
Page range: 124-138
Abstract views: 75
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Four new species of the genus Eusterinx Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Orthocentrinae) from Burundi and Kenya

I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; B. Khmelnytskogo Str. 15; Kyiv 01030; Ukraine
Hymenoptera Darwin wasps parasitoids biodiversity key Afrotropical region

Abstract

In this paper, four new African species of the genus Eusterinx Förster, 1869 are described: E. kibira sp. nov. from Burundi; E. elgonensis sp. nov., E. kenyaensis sp. nov., and E. pyramidalis sp. nov. from Kenya. Eusterinx africana Humala, 2024 is recorded from Kenya for the first time.

 

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How to Cite

Varga, O. (2026) Four new species of the genus Eusterinx Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Orthocentrinae) from Burundi and Kenya. Zootaxa, 5760 (1), 124–138. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5760.1.6