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Issue: Vol. 5618 No. 4: 4 Apr. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-04-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.4.8
Page range: 595-600
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Revisional notes on the genus Leluthia Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from China, with description of a new species parasitizing Phloeosinus sinensis Schedle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Control of Major Pest in Ecological Public Welfare Forests; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou; China
Fujian Provincal Environmental Monitoring Centre
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China; Institute of Biological Control; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou; China; State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou; China
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Control of Major Pest in Ecological Public Welfare Forests; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou; China
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China; Institute of Biological Control; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou; China; State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou; China
Hymenoptera taxonomy Palaearctic endoparasitoid natural enemy

Abstract

Leluthia minqingensis sp. nov., a koinobiont endoparasitoid of Phloeosinus sinensis Schedle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), is described from Fujian (Southeast China) . Morphological characteristics and photographs differentiating it from similar species are provided.

 

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How to Cite

Zhang, K.-R., Geng, J.-L., Chen, S., Liang, G.-H. & Zheng, M.-L. (2025) Revisional notes on the genus Leluthia Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from China, with description of a new species parasitizing Phloeosinus sinensis Schedle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Zootaxa, 5618 (4), 595–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5618.4.8