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Issue: Vol. 4999 No. 3: 12 Jul. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-07-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4999.3.5
Page range: 258-272
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A taxonomic study of Methocha Latreille (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Methochinae) from India with description of three new species

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.
Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, 673635, India. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode-673001, Kerala, Affiliated to University of Calicut.
Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala, 673006, India.
New species taxonomy key Hymenoptera

Abstract

The genus Methocha Latreille (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae) from India was studied, resulting in the description of a new species based on females, Methocha krombeini Hanima, Girish Kumar & Binoy sp. nov., and two new species based on males, M. paraceylonica Hanima, Girish Kumar & Binoy sp. nov., and M. shyamagatra Hanima, Girish Kumar & Sureshan sp. nov. from India. A key to species of Methocha occurring in the Indian subcontinent is provided.

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