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Systematic studies on the P ompilidae occurring in J apan: Genus P latydialepis H aupt ( H ymenoptera: P ompilidae: P epsinae)
Author(s) -
Shimizu Akira,
Wahis Raymond
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
entomological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1479-8298
pISSN - 1343-8786
DOI - 10.1111/ens.12013
Subject(s) - biology
Generic characters of P latydialepis H aupt, 1941 are presented. A new species of the genus, P . amamiensis sp. nov. from the A mami I slands, the R yukyus, J apan, is described, and another species of the genus, P . ryoheii I shikawa, 1957, distributed in H onshu, S hikoku and K yushu, J apan, is redescribed. Their biological notes are also given. A new combination is proposed: P latydialepis taiwaniana ( T suneki, 1989) (= M alloscelis taiwaniana T suneki).