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A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF PSENINE WASP FROM AFRICA AND A KEY TO GENERA (HYMENOPTERA: PEMPHREDONIDAE: PSENINAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Albert T. Finnamore
Affiliation:
Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5N 0M6

Abstract

A new genus and species of psenine wasp are described: Lithium cicatrix. Relationships with other genera are discussed, new tribal limits are proposed, and a key to genera of psenine wasps is presented.

Résumé

On décrit une nouvelle espèce et un nouveau genre de guêpe psénine : Lithium cicatrix. Ses relations avec les autres genres sont commentées, des nouvelles limites tribales sont proposées, et une clé au genre applicable aux guêpes psénines est présentée.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1987

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