Two new species of the genus Leluthia (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Yemen
S.A. Belokobylskij
Abstract. Two new species of the genus Leluthia (Leluthia) from Yemen, L. (L.) abnormis sp. nov. and L. (L.) brevitergum sp. nov., are described and illustrated. This is the first record of the genus Leluthia Cameron, 1887 in the Afrotropical Region.
Key words: entomophages, ectoparasitoids of beetle larvae, short second metasomal tergite, Arabian Peninsula, Doryctinae, Hecabolini, Leluthia, Euhecabolodes, new species
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2020, 29(2): 284–295 ▪ Published online 27 November 2020
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2020.29.2.284 ▪ Open full article 
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