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Issue: Vol. 4232 No. 3: 17 Feb. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.3.13
Page range: 444–450
Abstract views: 87
PDF downloaded: 1

Revision of the Zethus luzonensis species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), with description of a new species

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Hymenoptera Potter wasps Vespidae Eumeninae Zethus Zethus luzonensis new species key

Abstract

The Zethus luzonensis Giordani Soika, 1941, species-group is revised. A new species from Mindanao and Luzon in the Philippine Islands, Zethus soikai sp. nov., is described and illustrated. The female of Zethus luzonensis is redescribed and the true male is described. A key to the species of the group is provided.

 

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