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Issue: Vol. 5536 No. 2: 4 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.2.10
Page range: 345-350
Abstract views: 97
PDF downloaded: 6

First Record of the Genus Arpactophilus Smith, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Pemphredoninae) outside Australasia with the Description of a New Species from Northeastern India

Zoological Survey of India; Western Ghat Regional Centre; Kozhikode 673006; Kerala; India
Zoological Survey of India; Western Ghat Regional Centre; Kozhikode 673006; Kerala; India
Zoological Survey of India; M-Block; Prani Vigyan Bhawan; New Alipore; Kolkata-700053; India
Hymenoptera Nagaland Aphid wasps Taxonomy Spilomenina New species

Abstract

The aphid wasp genus Arpactophilus Smith, 1863 is reported from India, for the first time outside Australasia. A new species Arpactophilus pulawskii Amal & Girish Kumar sp. nov. is described and illustrated.

 

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