A new species of Hedychridium Abeille de Perrin, 1878 from Kazakhstan (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)
P. Rosa
Abstract. A new species, Hedychridium alatum sp. nov., from South East Kazakhstan is described. The previously named H. sericifrons species group is here renamed in H. flos species group. Cases of body discoloration in desert-dwelling species are reported.
Key words: cuckoo wasps, taxonomy, Kazakhstan, Chrysididae, Hedychridium, new species, new name of species group
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2018, 27(1): 177–183 ▪ Published in print 25 June 2018
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2018.27.1.177 ▪ Open full article 
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