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Issue: Vol. 4290 No. 2: 7 Jul. 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-07-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4290.2.7
Page range: 373–376
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of a new species of the genus Odontomutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India

Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, West Bengal, India.
Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India.
Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Nadia, Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India.
Hymenoptera Oriental taxonomy Ephutinae

Abstract

A new species, Odontomutilla paderua Das, Girish Kumar, sp. nov. (India: Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh), which is related to O. speciosa (Smith, 1855) is described and illustrated. A key to females of Indian species is given.

 

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