A new micropterous species of the genus Bracon Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) from the South Urals
T.S. Kostromina
Abstract. A new micropterous species Bracon semitus sp. nov. belonging to the subgenus Lucobracon Fahringer is described from Orenburg Province of Russia. This is the second example of microptery discovered in both the genus Bracon and the subfamily Braconinae.
Key words: microptery, parasitoids, key, taxonomy, Russia, Orenburg Province, Bracon, Lucobracon, Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae, new species
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2013, 22(2): 297-302 ▪ Published in print 25 December 2013
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2013.22.2.297 ▪ Open full article 
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