A new species of Dolichurus Latreille, 1809 (Hymenoptera: Ampulic idae) from Lombok Island, Indonesia
Mokrousov M.V. 1 , Proshchalykin M.Yu. 2
2 Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia
Year: 2026, Number: 556, Pages: 18-24
A new species of cockroach wasps, Dolichurus rasnitsyni Mokrousov et Proshchalykin, sp. n., is described and illustrated, based on specimens of both sexes collected in the montane rainforest of Mount Rinjani on Lombok Island in Indonesia. The genus Dolichurus Latreille, 1809 is newly recorded from the Lesser Sunda Islands.
DOI: 10.25221/fee.556.2
Keywords: cockroach wasps, digger wasps, taxonomy, Oriental region, Wallacea,
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