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First record of the family Azotidae from Ecuador, with a description of a new species of Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from the Galapagos Islands

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  • 1. Museo de Entomología. Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Panamericana sur Km 1 ½, Riobamba, Ecuador; Laboratorio de Sistemática y Biología Comparada de Insectos. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales. Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2. Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
  • 3. Museo de Entomología. Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Panamericana sur Km 1 ½, Riobamba, Ecuador; Laboratorio de Sistemática y Biología Comparada de Insectos. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales. Bogotá, Colombia & Museo de Entomología. Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Panamericana sur Km 1 ½, Riobamba, Ecuador & Museo de Entomología. Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Panamericana sur Km 1 ½, Riobamba, Ecuador; Laboratorio de Sistemática y Biología Comparada de Insectos. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales. Bogotá, Colombia

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Avendaño, José M., Picón-Rentería, Patricio, Kresslein, Robert L., Herrera, Henri W. (2024): First record of the family Azotidae from Ecuador, with a description of a new species of Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from the Galapagos Islands. Zootaxa 5471 (4): 473-481, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.4.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.4.6

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