Discovery of the genus Vanhartenidia Lelej, 2006 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) in Egypt, with description of a new species

ASHRAF M. EL-TORKEY; AHMED M. SOLIMAN

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.10

Issue: Vol. 3999 No. 2: 10 Aug. 2015

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2015-08-10

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.10

Page range: 298–300

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**Discovery of the genus Vanhartenidia Lelej, 2006 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) in Egypt, with description of a new species**

ASHRAF M. EL-TORKEY⁺⁻
AHMED M. SOLIMAN⁺⁻

Department of Classification, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al-Azhar University, P.O. Box 11884, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.

Velvet ants Trogaspidiini Vanhartenidia a new species Palaearctic Bahariya Oasis

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Abstract

The genus Vanhartenidia Lelej, 2006 is newly recorded from Egypt. A new species, V. mandishaensis El-Torkey & Soliman, sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Bahariya Oasis (Giza, Egypt).