A new species of Platymystax (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae: Hemigasterini) from Mexico
D.R. Kasparyan & M. López-Ortega
Abstract. A new species of the tribe Hemigasterini, Platymystax xalapa sp. nov., is described from the Mexican State of Veracruz. It is the first species of the genus described from the New World. A preliminary identification key to all known seven species of Platymystax of the world fauna is provided.
Key words: taxonomy, key, Neotropical Region, New World, North America, new species
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2017, 26(2): 282–286 ▪ Published in print 25 December 2017
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2017.26.2.282 ▪ Open full article 
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