A review of the genus Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika, 1970 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae: Odynerini) from the Indian subcontinent,with the description of a new species from the eastern Himalayas

GIRISH P. KUMAR; JAMES M. CARPENTER; GAURAV SHARMA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3802.1.11

Issue: Vol. 3802 No. 1: 23 May 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-05-23

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3802.1.11

Page range: 131–143

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**A review of the genus Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika, 1970 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae: Odynerini) from the Indian subcontinent,with the description of a new species from the eastern Himalayas**

GIRISH P. KUMAR⁺⁻
JAMES M. CARPENTER⁺⁻
GAURAV SHARMA⁺⁻

Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700053, India.

Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA.

Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700053, India.

Paraleptomenes darugiriensis sp. nov. Indian subcontinent review new species new record key checklist

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Abstract

The genus Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika, 1970 is reviewed for the Indian subcontinent. A new species Paraleptomenes darugiriensis Kumar, Carpenter & Sharma, sp. nov. is described. The male of P. rufoniger Giordani Soika, 1994 is described for the first time. The distribution records of P. humbertianus (de Saussure, 1867), P. miniatus mephitis (Cameron, 1901), P. miniatus miniatus (de Saussure, 1855), and P. rufoniger Giordani Soika, 1994 in the Indian states are augmented. A key to species of the Indian subcontinent and a world checklist of species are provided.