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Issue: Vol. 661 No. 1: 29 Sept. 2004
Type: Articles
Published: 2004-09-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.661.1.1
Page range: 1–22
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 3

Fourteen new species of Pseudisobrachium (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Atlantic rain forest of Esp rito Santo, Brazil

Universidade Federal do EspÌrito Santo, Departamento de Biologia, Av. Marechal Campos 1468, MaruÌpe, 29040-090 VitÛria ES, Brazil
Universidade Federal do EspÌrito Santo, Departamento de Biologia, Av. Marechal Campos 1468, MaruÌpe, 29040-090 VitÛria ES, Brazil
Hymenoptera Taxonomy Bethylidae Pseudisobrachium Neotropical region Atlantic rain forest

Abstract

This is the first report of the genus Pseudisobrachium Kieffer, 1904 from the Atlantic rain forest of Esp rito Santo, Brazil. Numerous specimens were collected by sweeping the vegetation once a month for one year in Esta o Biol gica de Santa Lucia and Reserva Biol gica de Duas Bocas. The following 14 new species are described and illustrated: Pseudisobrachium ventriosum, P. triacutum,

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