A new species of Microcurgus Haupt, 1950 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from Oman
Ali Al-Jahdhami1, Christian Schmid-Egger
1Ali Abdallah Ali AL JAHDHAMI, Al-Mudhaibi, Samad Ashan, P.O. 121 Samad Ashan 423, Oman. entomologistali96@gmail.com.
Zootaxa
|April 2, 2020
Abstract:
Microcurgus samedensis is described from Northern Oman by a single female. It represents the first record of the genus from the Arabian Peninsula. A key to females from the Palearctic region is given.
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