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Issue: Vol. 5159 No. 1: 28 Jun. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-06-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.1.5
Page range: 117-124
Abstract views: 239
PDF downloaded: 17

First record of subgenus Thao Tsuneki, 1982 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabronini) from India: a new subspecies and a key to all subspecies of Crossocerus (Thao) nitidicorpus Tsuneki

National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, Delhi, India.
National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, Delhi, India.
Hymenoptera First record Thao new subspecies Crabronini India

Abstract

The subgenus Thao Tsuneki, 1982 of the genus Crossocerus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau and Brullé, 1835 is recorded for the first time from India. A new subspecies viz., Crossocerus (Thao) nitidicorpus indicus, (India: Uttarakhand) is described. A key to all subspecies in the subgenus Thao is provided.

 

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