Discovery of a new species of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from the Republic of the Congo

Massimo Olmi; Leonardo Capradossi; Adalgisa Guglielmino

Authors

Massimo Olmi Tropical Entomology Research Center, Via De Gasperi 10, 01100 Viterbo, Italy. E-mail: olmimassimo@gmail.com
Leonardo Capradossi Via Pericle Scriboni 28, Tuscania 01017, Italy. E-mail: leonardocapradossi.LC@gmail.com
Adalgisa Guglielmino Department of Agriculture and Forest Science (DAFNE), Tuscia University, Via San Camillo de Lellis, I-01100 Viterbo, Italy. E-mail: guglielm@unitus.it https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2541-5240

Keywords:

Biodiversity, Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Dryinidae, parasitoids, pincer wasps, Afrotropical, Republic of the Congo, identification key, new species

Abstract

A new species, Dryinus lesianus n. sp., is described from the Republic of the Congo, Lesio-Louna Park. Changes to the key to the Afrotropical species of the genus Dryinus are provided.

RÉSUMÉ

Une nouvelle espèce, Dryinus lesianus, est décrite de la République du Congo. La clé des espèces Afrotropicales du genre Dryinus est changée.

MOTS-CLÉS: Hyménoptères, parasitoïdes, region Afrotropicale, République du Congo, clé d’identification, espèce nouvelle.

Cite as: Olmi, M., Capradossi, L. & Guglielmino, A. 2021. Discovery of a new species of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from the Republic of the Congo. Israel Journal of Entomology 51: 35–41.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4730134

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