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Issue: Vol. 5541 No. 4: 28 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5541.4.10
Page range: 593-600
Abstract views: 122
PDF downloaded: 4

Discovery of the digger wasp genus Pseudoscolia Radoszkowski, 1876 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae: Pseudoscoliini) in Indian Sub-continent, with description of a new species

Department of Entomology; Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University; Hisar-125004; Haryana; India
Hymenoptera First record Pseudoscolia new species Philanthinae India

Abstract

The digger wasp genus Pseudoscolia Radoszkowski, 1876 is newly reported from India with a new species: Pseudoscolia anuae Saini sp. nov. from the State of Haryana.

 

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