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Review of the Palearctic Syntomopus Walker, 1833 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae), with description of new species

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  • 1. Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, Urumqi, China|College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, China
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
  • 3. Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

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This paper reviews the Palaearctic species of the genus Syntomopus Walker, 1833. A new species, Syntomopus dzhanokmenia sp. nov., is described from Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan and China. All available types are redescribed and illustrated. The species S. crassicornis (Szelényi, 1970) and S. incisus Thomson, 1878 are synonymised under S. thoracicus (Walker, 1833). Syntomopus thoracicus is recorded for the fauna of Uzbekistan for the first time and S. oviceps Thomson, 1878 for the fauna of Kazakhstan. An identification key for females and males of all Palaearctic Syntomopus species is provided.

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