{"title":"A new Korean species of Pararhabdepyris Gorbatovsky (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) with an updated world key.","authors":"Jongok Lim, Il-Kwon Kim","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5538.6.5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pararhabdepyris Gorbatovsky is a small genus within Bethylidae, currently comprising only six valid species worldwide. A new species, Pararhabdepyris directus Lim sp. nov., is described and illustrated from South Korea. It appears closely related to P. paradoxus, is characterized by the combination of the following characters: the basal two-thirds of the scape are dark castaneous, coxa and femora are dark castaneous, the median and submedian areas of metapectal-propodeal disc are rugulose, and the transverse posterior carina of metapectal-propodeal complex is straight. An updated key to the world species of the genus are presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5538 6","pages":"589-594"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zootaxa","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5538.6.5","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ZOOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Pararhabdepyris Gorbatovsky is a small genus within Bethylidae, currently comprising only six valid species worldwide. A new species, Pararhabdepyris directus Lim sp. nov., is described and illustrated from South Korea. It appears closely related to P. paradoxus, is characterized by the combination of the following characters: the basal two-thirds of the scape are dark castaneous, coxa and femora are dark castaneous, the median and submedian areas of metapectal-propodeal disc are rugulose, and the transverse posterior carina of metapectal-propodeal complex is straight. An updated key to the world species of the genus are presented.
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