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Issue: Vol. 4860 No. 2: 12 Oct. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-10-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.2.7
Page range: 257–266
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Review of the aberrant spider wasp genus Irenangelus Schulz (Pompilidae: Ceropalinae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species

Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala-673635, India.
Department of Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium.
Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala-673006, India.
Hymenoptera Spider wasp Irenangelus taxonomy new species India key

Abstract

The little-known spider wasp genus Irenangelus Schulz, 1906 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) is studied from the Indian subcontinent. A new species, I. acuminatus Binoy & Girish Kumar, sp. nov., is described with illustrations from India (Rajasthan). Diagnosis of species occurring in the Indian subcontinent, key to species and a distribution map are provided.

 

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