A new species of Kieffer, 1912, , is described and illustrated, collected from a Chinese prickly ash ( Maxim.) orchard in Yunnan province of China. This is the third described species of the genus in the World. The new species can be distinguished from the other two described species by the head profile, proportions of the antennal segments, tridentate mandible, and mandible length. A key to World species of the genus is provided.
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