A new species of genus Leluthia Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Agrilus sp. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from China with a key to the East Palaearctic species

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2015
Authors:T. Li, van Achterberg, C., Xu, Z. - C.
Journal:Zootaxa
Volume:4048
Issue:4
Pagination:594-600
Keywords:Argilus, Doryctinae, Hecabolini, Hymenoptera, Leluthia, new species
Abstract:

A new species of genus Leluthia Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), L. chinensis Li & van Achterberg, sp. nov. is described and illustrated. It was reared from Agrilus sp. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a twig-boring pest of Caragana korshinskii Kom. (Leguminosae) in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, NW China. A key to the East Palaearctic species of the genus Leluthia is provided.

DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4048.4.10
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