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Issue: Vol. 5493 No. 2: 9 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5493.2.3
Page range: 141-152
Abstract views: 58
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A review of the genus Polemistus de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with the description of a new species from India

Western Ghat Regional Centre; Zoological Survey of India; Eranhipalam; Kozhikode; Kerala-673006; India; University of Calicut; Thenhipalam; Malappuram; Kerala; India-673635
Western Ghat Regional Centre; Zoological Survey of India; Eranhipalam; Kozhikode; Kerala-673006; India
Western Ghat Regional Centre; Zoological Survey of India; Eranhipalam; Kozhikode; Kerala-673006; India
Western Ghat Regional Centre; Zoological Survey of India; Eranhipalam; Kozhikode; Kerala-673006; India
Hymenoptera Polemistus Pemphredoninae India new species key review taxonomy

Abstract

A review of the genus Polemistus de Saussure has resulted in identifying and describing a new species from Kerala viz., P. jaferi Tessy, Girish Kumar & Sureshan sp. nov. A key to species of Polemistus from the Indian subcontinent is provided.

 

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