Abstract
The Chinese cleptoparasitic bee genus Tetralonioidella Strand, 1914 is studied. Fourteen species are found in China, with nine new species, namely T. damenglongensis Niu & Zhu, sp. nov., T. dinghuensis Niu & Zhu, sp. nov., T. emeiensis Niu & Zhu, sp. nov., T. goumenensis Niu & Zhu, sp. nov., T. leigongensis Niu & Zhu, sp. nov., T. longqiensis Niu & Zhu, sp. nov., T. maniwengensis Niu & Zhu, sp. nov., T. tianmuensis Niu & Zhu, sp. nov. and T. wuae Niu & Zhu, sp. nov., respectively. T. pendleburyi (Cockerell, 1926) is firstly recorded in China. An illustrated key to Chinese known species is provided. All type specimens of new species are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Zeqing Niu, Feng Yuan, Chaodong Zhu.
Taxonomic study of the genus Tetralonioidella Strand from China (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Melectini)[J]. Zoological Systematics. 2017, 42(4): 418-445 https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201718
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This work was supported mainly by the National Specific Research Funds for Public Benefit Department (Agriculture) (201303108) to Zeqing Niu, the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (31625024) to Chaodong Zhu, partially by the NSFC Program J1211002 and the grant (Y229YX5105) from Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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