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Issue: Vol. 5369 No. 1: 8 Nov. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-11-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.1.6
Page range: 125-130
Abstract views: 174
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A new species of the genus Wushenia Zettel, 1990 from China (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae)

Biological Control Research Institute; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou; Fujian 350002; China
Institute of Insect Sciences; College of Agriculture and Biotechnology; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China
Biological Control Research Institute; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou; Fujian 350002; China
Institute of Insect Sciences; College of Agriculture and Biotechnology; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China
CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology; Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Mengla; China
Biological Control Research Institute; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou; Fujian 350002; China
Biological Control Research Institute; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou; Fujian 350002; China
Biological Control Research Institute; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou; Fujian 350002; China
Biological Control Research Institute; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou; Fujian 350002; China
Hymenoptera Cheloninae Yunnan Sichuan key

Abstract

Wushenia Zettel, 1990 is a rare genus (with the type species Wushenia nana Zettel) first collected in Wushe (Taiwan) in 1983. Here we describe a second species, Wushenia yekunzengi Yao & Luo sp. nov., from Gaoligong Mountain Nature Reserve, Yunnan and Emei Mountain, Sichuan, China. A key to species of the genus Wushenia is presented. In addition, Wushenia australiensis Kittel & Austin, 2013 is excluded from the genus Wushenia Zettel.

 

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