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Issue: Vol. 5538 No. 6: 20 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5538.6.5
Page range: 589-594
Abstract views: 82
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A new Korean species of Pararhabdepyris Gorbatovsky (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) with an updated world key

Department of Life and Environmental Sciences; College of Agriculture and Food Sciences; Wonkwang University; Iksan; Jeonbuk Province; Republic of Korea.; Institute of Life Science and Natural Resources; Wonkwang University; Iksan; Jeonbuk Province; Republic of Korea
Department of Forest Biodiversity; Korea National Arboretum; Pocheon; Gyeonggi Province; Republic of Korea
Hymenoptera Classification flat wasp Old World Palaearctic region Scleroderminae

Abstract

Pararhabdepyris Gorbatovsky is a small genus within Bethylidae, currently comprising only six valid species worldwide. A new species, Pararhabdepyris directus Lim sp. nov., is described and illustrated from South Korea. It appears closely related to P. paradoxus, is characterized by the combination of the following characters: the basal two-thirds of the scape are dark castaneous, coxa and femora are dark castaneous, the median and submedian areas of metapectal-propodeal disc are rugulose, and the transverse posterior carina of metapectal-propodeal complex is straight. An updated key to the world species of the genus are presented.

 

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