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Issue: Vol. 5821 No. 2: 29 May 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-05-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5821.2.6
Page range: 251-262
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Descriptions of two new species of the Megaspilidae (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea) from China

Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources; Key Laboratory of Biotic Environment and Ecological Safety in Anhui Province; College of Life Sciences; Anhui Normal University; Wuhu; Anhui 241000; China
Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources; Key Laboratory of Biotic Environment and Ecological Safety in Anhui Province; College of Life Sciences; Anhui Normal University; Wuhu; Anhui 241000; China
State Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences
State Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences
State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany; South China Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Guangzhou 510650; China
Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources; Key Laboratory of Biotic Environment and Ecological Safety in Anhui Province; College of Life Sciences; Anhui Normal University; Wuhu; Anhui 241000; China
Hymenoptera Megaspilidae taxonomy Conostigmus Dendrocerus

Abstract

Two new species of Megaspilinae (Hymenoptera: Megaspilidae) are described and illustrated from China: Conostigmus concavulus Zhao & Wang, sp. nov., and Dendrocerus haizhuensis Zhao & Wang, sp. nov.. Additionally, a key to the Chinese Megaspilinae species is also provided.

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How to Cite

Zhao, W.-J., Liu, Y.-F., Jiang, W., Zhu, C.-D., Chen, H.-Y. & Wang, X. (2026) Descriptions of two new species of the Megaspilidae (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea) from China. Zootaxa, 5821 (2), 251–262. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5821.2.6