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Issue: Vol. 5538 No. 5: 19 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5538.5.4
Page range: 448-456
Abstract views: 130
PDF downloaded: 11

One new species and one new record of the genus Trirogma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae) in China, with a key to the world 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 cockroach wasp Ampulicinae Trirogma key taxonomy

Abstract

The taxonomy of the genus Trirogma from China is studied, with description of one new species from Guangdong and Yunnan Provinces in China, namely Trirogma lobusicurvus Liu et Li, sp. nov. Meanwhile, one newly recorded species, Trirogma kohima Girish Kumar and Sheela, 2018 from China is reported and the female is described for the first time. An updated key to the world species of Trirogma is provided.

 

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