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Issue: Vol. 5405 No. 1: 26 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5405.1.6
Page range: 131-141
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Three new species of the genus Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India

Zoological Survey of India; Western Ghat Regional Centre; Kozhikode 673006; Kerala; India; University of Calicut; Thenhipalam; Malappuram; Kerala; India—673635
Zoological Survey of India; Western Ghat Regional Centre; Kozhikode 673006; Kerala; India
Hymenoptera velvet ant odontomutillinae Western Ghats himalayan foothills oriental Region

Abstract

Three new species of velvet ant, Odontomutilla jaferpaloti sp. nov. (India: Karnataka), O. vishwanathi sp. nov. (India: Karnataka), and O. himalayensis sp. nov. (India: Uttarakhand), are described and illustrated. Diagnostic features of these new species, to separate them from similar species are provided. The updated key to the species of India is given.

 

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