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Issue: Vol. 5866 No. 1: 10 Aug. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-08-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5866.1.6
Page range: 81-95
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Two new species of Dicroscelio (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from Japan, with exclusion of misidentified Japanese records of D. frequens (Priesner, 1951)

Independent researcher; Matsubara; Osaka; Japan
Hymenoptera Egg parasitoid wasps Palearctic Oriental

Abstract

Two new species of Dicroscelio Kieffer, 1913, D. flavus sp. nov. and D. rufescens sp. nov. are described based on Japanese specimens. Although some morphological characters of D. flavus sp. nov. are atypical for the genus, it is provisionally assigned to Dicroscelio based on overall morphological similarity. In addition, previous records of D. frequens (Priesner, 1951) from Japan are shown to be based on misidentification of D. ancillus (Kozlov & Lê, 2000). A key to the Japanese species of Dicroscelio is also provided.

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How to Cite

Komeda, Y. (2026) Two new species of Dicroscelio (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from Japan, with exclusion of misidentified Japanese records of D. frequens (Priesner, 1951). Zootaxa, 5866 (1), 81–95. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5866.1.6