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Issue: Vol. 4838 No. 4: 28 Aug. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-08-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.4.10
Page range: 594–600
Abstract views: 78
PDF downloaded: 3

First record of the genus Microstenus Szépligeti (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) from China, with description of one new species and a key to world species

General Station of Forest and Grassland Pest Management, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110034, P.R. China
General Station of Forest and Grassland Pest Management, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110034, P.R. China
General Station of Forest and Grassland Pest Management, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110034, P.R. China
Hymenoptera Gabuniina Cryptini Oriental Region key taxonomy

Abstract

The genus Microstenus Szépligeti, 1916 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) is newly recorded from China based on a new species, Microstenus rufithorax Sheng, Li & Sun, sp. nov., collected from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oriental part of China. Illustrations of the new species are provided. A key to the world species of this genus is also provided.

 

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