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2015 , Vol. 40 >Issue 2: 212 - 222

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.20150206

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Three new species of imitator-group of the genus Macrophya (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from China

  • Meng-Meng Liu ,
  • Xue-Mei Heng ,
  • Xiang-Mei Liang ,
  • Yi-Hai Zhong ,
  • Ze-Jian Li
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Central South University of Forestry and Technology; Henan Vocational College of Agriculture; Lishui Baiyun Mountain Ecology Forest Farm; Environment and Plant Protection Institute of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture, Danzhou Scientific Observing a

Online published: 2015-04-24

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Abstract

Three species, Macrophya circulotibialis Li, Liu & Heng, sp. nov., M. curvatitheca Li, Liu & Heng, sp. nov. and M. changbaina Li, Liu & Heng, sp. nov., of the imitator-group of the genus Macrophya Dahlbom (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from China are described as new to science. A key to all known species of the imitator-group from China is provided. The specimens examined in this study, including all holotypes and paratypes of the new species, are deposited in the Insect Collection of Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, China, and the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

Key words： Symphyta; Tenthredinidae; Macrophya; taxonomy

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Meng-Meng Liu , Xue-Mei Heng , Xiang-Mei Liang , Yi-Hai Zhong , Ze-Jian Li . Three new species of imitator-group of the genus Macrophya (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from China[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2015 , 40(2) : 212 -222 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.20150206

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