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Issue: Vol. 5072 No. 2: 29 Nov. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-11-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5072.2.4
Page range: 157-164
Abstract views: 302
PDF downloaded: 25

A new species of genus Prosopigastra A. Costa (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabroninae) from China, with a key to the Chinese species

Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, P. R. China.
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, P. R. China.
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, P. R. China.
Hymenoptera Larrini taxonomy new species new record

Abstract

The Chinese species of Prosopigastra A. Costa (Crabronidae: Crabroninae) are reviewed, including one species previously recorded from China and two species newly recorded from there. A new species, Prosopigastra simpliclypeata from Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China is described and illustrated. A key to the Chinese species of Prosopigastra is provided.

 

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