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Issue: Vol. 2047 No. 1: 20 Mar. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-03-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2047.1.3
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 75
PDF downloaded: 3

Description of a new species of Bradynobaenus (Hymenoptera: Bradynobaenidae) from Argentina, with a key to the females of the genus

CRILAR-CONICET, Entre Ríos y Mendoza, 5301 Anillaco, La Rioja, Argentina
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, 1405 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hymenoptera Bradynobaenidae Bradynobaenus key to species

Abstract

The new species Bradynobaenus riojanus (Hymenoptera: Bradynobaenidae) is described from two localities in the province of La Rioja, Argentina. It is closely related to B. chubutinus Brèthes. A revised key to the females of the genus is provided.

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