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Issue: Vol. 2335 No. 1: 13 Jan. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-01-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2335.1.4
Page range: 40–48
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of a new species of Odontofroggatia (Chalcidoidea, Epichrysomallinae) associated with Ficus microcarpa (Moraceae) with a key to species of the genus

Key Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China
Key Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, 071002, China
Hymenoptera nonpollinating fig wasp taxonomy Hainan China

Abstract

Odontofroggatia is a non-pollinating fig wasp genus associated with a narrow range of host species (Ficus microcarpa and F. prasinicarpa). A new species, Odontofroggatia quinifuniculus Feng & Huang sp. nov., is described from specimens reared from F. microcarpa in Hainan province, China. A key for distinguishing species is presented. The holotype is deposited in Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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