Two new species of the genus Orthopelma (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Orthopelmatinae) from Caucasus and Tian-Shan

D.R. Kasparyan

Abstract. Two new Palearctic species of ichneumon-wasps, Orthopelma caucasicum sp. nov. and O. dodecameron sp. nov. are described from mountains of the Caucasus and Middle Asia. A key to the West-Palaearctic species is given. Two species-groups in Orthopelma are distinguished and characterised in the key.

Key words: Palaearctic, Caucasus, Middle Asia, Ichneumonidae, Orthopelmatinae, Orthopelma, new species, taxonomy

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2011, 20(1): 78-84 ▪ Published in print 28 July 2011

https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2011.20.1.78 ▪ Open full article

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