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Issue: Vol. 5231 No. 2: 27 Jan. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-01-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5231.2.4
Page range: 179-182
Abstract views: 233
PDF downloaded: 34

First report of Brachyplatycerus De Santis (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from China, with description of a new species

Ocean College, Tangshan Normal University, Tangshan, Hebei, 063000, China
2College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300392, China.
2College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300392, China.
3Faculty of Life Sciences, Tangshan Normal University, Tangshan, Hebei, 063000, China
Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea Bothriothoracini parasitoids new genus record

Abstract

The genus Brachyplatycerus De Santis is recorded for the first time from China (Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region), and Brachyplatycerus chinensis sp. nov. is described. This is the second species of the genus which was so far monotypic.

 

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