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Issue: Vol. 4612 No. 2: 29 May 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-05-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.2.8
Page range: 260–266
Abstract views: 51
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Discovery of the genus Kudakrumia Krombein, 1979 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) in India and description of a new species

Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala-673006, India.
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok-22, 690022, Russia.
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700053, India.
Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala-673006, India.
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok-22, 690022, Russia.
Hymenoptera Myrmosinae Kudakrumiini Kudakrumia new species new record key Oriental Region India

Abstract

The Oriental genus Kudakrumia Krombein, 1979 is newly reported from India with two species: K. mirabilis Krombein, 1979 (Kerala) and K. rangnekari Girish Kumar & Lelej, sp. nov. (Goa, Kerala). A key to the Oriental genera and species of tribe Kudakrumiini is given.

 

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