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Issue: Vol. 5397 No. 2: 4 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.2.6
Page range: 251-263
Abstract views: 190
PDF downloaded: 8

Three new species of Mesoleptidea Viereck (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from China

Center for Biological Disaster Prevention and Control; National Forestry and Grassland Administration; 58 Huanghe North Street; Shenyang 110034; P.R. China
General Station of Forest and Grassland Pest Control and Quarantine; Sichuan Forestry and Grassland Administration; Chengdu 610081; P.R. China
Center for Biological Disaster Prevention and Control; National Forestry and Grassland Administration; 58 Huanghe North Street; Shenyang 110034; P.R. China
Hymenoptera Ctenopelmatinae Eastern Palaearctic Region Euryproctini key taxonomy

Abstract

Three new species of Mesoleptidea Viereck, 1912: M. nigra Li & Sun, sp. nov., M. nigricoxalis Li & Sun, sp. nov. and M. ruficoxalis Li & Sun, sp. nov., collected from the National Forest Park of Mt Wawu and Mt Laojun, Sichuan, on the southern border of the Eastern Palaearctic part of China, are described. A key to species of Mesoleptidea known in China and Eastern Palaearctic region is provided.

 

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