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Issue: Vol. 5814 No. 4: 25 May 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-05-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5814.4.9
Page range: 584-591
Abstract views: 127
PDF downloaded: 40

A new species of Calogalesus Kieffer, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae: Diapriinae) from Japan, with a key to world species

Entomological Laboratory; Graduate School of Bioresources and Bioenvironmental Sciences; Kyushu University; Motooka 744; Nishi-ku; Fukuoka 819-0395; Japan; JSPS Research Fellow (DC1); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Tokyo; Japan
Ogasawara Division of Japan Wildlife Research Center; Okumura; Chichijima; Ogasawara; Tokyo 100-2101; Japan; Department of Biological Sciences; Tokyo Metropolitan University; 1-1 Minami-Osawa; Hachioji-shi; Tokyo 192-0397; Japan
Hymenoptera Parasitoids taxonomy oceanic island DNA-barcoding morphological variation

Abstract

The genus Calogalesus Kieffer, 1912 is newly recorded from Japan. Calogalesus matris sp. nov. is described as new to science based on specimens from the Ogasawara Islands and Okinawa Island, Japan. A taxonomic key to world species of Calogalesus is presented. New DNA barcodes allowed the recognition of size-related morphological variation.

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How to Cite

Kawai, R. & Hisasue, Y. (2026) A new species of Calogalesus Kieffer, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae: Diapriinae) from Japan, with a key to world species. Zootaxa, 5814 (4), 584–591. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5814.4.9