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Issue: Vol. 4061 No. 2: 6 Jan. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-01-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.2.6
Page range: 164–172
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 1

New records of the genus Diodontus Curtis, 1834 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) from Bulgaria, Montenegro and Poland, with a key to Central and Eastern European species

Chair of Ecology and Biogeography, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, Poland.
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, 1, Tzar Osvoboditel Boulevard, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria.
Ojców National Park, 32-047 Ojców, Poland.
ul. J. Matejki 13 m. 45, 81-407 Gdynia
Chair of Ecology and Biogeography, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, Poland.
Hymenoptera digger wasps Crabronidae Diodontus medius Diodontus insidiosus Diodontus handlirschi distribution identification key

Abstract

First records of Diodontus medius Dahlbom, 1844 and D. insidiosus Spooner, 1938 from Poland, and of D. handlirschi Kohl, 1888 from Bulgaria and Montenegro are provided. An illustrated key for the identification of Central and Eastern European species of the genus Diodontus is given.

 

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