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Issue: Vol. 56 No. 1: 10 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-10
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2024.56.1.1
Page range: 1-7
Abstract views: 125
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Review of the genus Ctenoplectra Kirby (Apidae: Apinae: Ctenoplectrini) from India with two new country records

Zoological Survey of India
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Rameshkumar Anandhan

Scientist - C

Hymenoptera section

Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-7000053, West Bengal, India
3National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru- 560065, Karnataka, India
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-7000053, West Bengal, India
Oil-collecting bees Ctenoplectra pollinator Apoidea India

Abstract

The oil-collecting bees of the genus Ctenoplectra Kirby from India are revised based on specimens deposited in the National Zoological Collection, Zoological Survey of India and University of Agriculture, GKVK, Bengaluru. The most exciting part of this revision is the addition of two Southeast Asian species of this genus, C. cornuta Gribodo and C. davidi Vachal, to the Indian fauna, which previously consisted of only C. chalybea Smith.

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