Two new species, new distributional data and a key to Chinese species of Pseudoligosita (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Abstract

Eight species of Pseudoligosita (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from China are reviewed, including two new species: P. processa sp. nov. and P. qiluensis sp. nov. New distributional data for six species and a key to all the Chinese species of the genus are provided.

Keywords

Chalcidoidea / Oligositinae / Oligositini / Parasitoid / Taxonomy

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