Four new species of ceraphronoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae) from South Korea and Vietnam

Alekseev V.N. 1
1 Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University, Moscow, 125009, Russia

Year: 2026, Number: 561, Pages: 13-24

Four new species of ceraphronoid wasps from South Korea and Vietnam, Aphanogmus catharinae sp. n., Ceraphron (Pristoceraphron) dessarti sp. n., Ceraphron (Eulagynodes) pallasi sp. n. and Elysoceraphron kozlovi sp. n. are described and illustrated. New species have very specific morphological features.

DOI: 10.25221/fee.561.3

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Keywords: parasitic wasps, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphron, Aphanogmus, Elysoceraphron, new species, new records, Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental Region,

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