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Issue: Vol. 4861 No. 2: 16 Oct. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-10-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.2.7
Page range: 270–280
Abstract views: 84
PDF downloaded: 4

Additions to the knowledge of the Tribe Alyssontini (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae) in India with description of two new species of the genus Alysson Panzer

Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala-673006, India.
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700053, India.
Northern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, 218, Kaulagarh Road, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand-248195, India.
Hymenoptera Sand wasps Alysson Analysson new species new record key India

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Alysson Panzer, namely, A. bengalensis Girish Kumar sp. nov. and A. himachalensis Girish Kumar sp. nov. are described from the Indian Himalayas. Alysson triangularis Krombein, 1985 is reported here for the first time from India. Analysson rufescens Krombein, 1985 is reported here for the first time from Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. A key to species of Alysson of the Indian subcontinent is provided.

 

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