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Issue: Vol. 4410 No. 2: 17 Apr. 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-04-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.2.10
Page range: 393–396
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A new species of Xiphogramma Nowicki (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Saudi Arabia

Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India
Center for Environmental Research and Studies, Jazan University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India
Center for Environmental Research and Studies, Jazan University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea

Abstract

The genus Xiphogramma Nowicki (1940) is recorded for the first time from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with the description of a new species, Xiphogramma hayati sp. nov. An updated key to the world species of this genus is also provided.

 

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