Description of four new species of the genus Phytodietus Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae) from the Eastern Palearctic region

D.R. Kasparyan

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2016, 320(1): 121–130 · https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2016.320.1.121

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Abstract

Four species of the genus Phytodietus are described from material in the Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences: Ph. belokobylskii sp. nov. and Ph. melanopus sp. nov. from South Korea, Ph. intermedius sp. nov. from south of the Russian Far East and Ph. dauricus sp. nov. from Russian Transbaikal Territory. Key to 4 new and 6 related species is given.

Key words

Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, key, new species, Phytodietus, Primorskiy Territory, Russia, South Korea, taxonomy, Transbaikal Territory, Tryphoninae

Submitted June 5, 2015 · Accepted March 9, 2016 · Published March 24, 2016

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