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Issue: Vol. 5696 No. 4: 26 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.4.7
Page range: 590-596
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Two new species of the genus Monoctonus Haliday, 1833 from the subtribe Monoctonina (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from mountains of China

All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection (FSBSI VIZR); Podbelskogo; 3; St Petersburg—Pushkin 196608. Russia
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences; St Petersburg 199034; Russia
Hymenoptera Aphid parasitoid HymenopteraMonoctonus Dasiphora fruticosa new taxa Sichuan Province

Abstract

Two new species of aphid parasitoids from the genus Monoctonus Haliday, 1833 (species group M. nervosus), M. genriki Davidian, sp. nov. and M. sichuanicus Davidian, sp. nov., are described and illustrated. These specimens were collected in Sichuan Province, China in the mountains at an altitude of more than 4000 m above sea level.

 

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How to Cite

Davidian, E.M. & Belokobylskij, S.A. (2025) Two new species of the genus Monoctonus Haliday, 1833 from the subtribe Monoctonina (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from mountains of China. Zootaxa, 5696 (4), 590–596. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.4.7