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A new species of Merismomorpha Girault, 1913 (Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) from the Palaearctic region
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- 1. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- 2. University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- 3. Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
- 4. Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
- 5. ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore, India
- 6. The Science Museum of Natural Enemies, Geochang, Republic of Korea
Description
A new species of Merismomorpha Girault, 1913, M. ulleungensis Tselikh, Rasplus & Ku, sp. nov., is described and illustrated from the Palaearctic region (Russian Far East and South Korea). An updated diagnosis of the genus is given, as well as a comparison to the closely related genus Pterosemopsis Girault, 1917.
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