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Published: 2007-04-09
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Additions to the knowledge of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Pakistan

Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok-22, 690022, Russia
Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Garden Avenue, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Garden Avenue, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
Hymenoptera Mutillidae solitary wasps velvet ants Islamabad Pakistan

Abstract

Four species in four genera are newly recorded from Pakistan. Three of these species are new and are described: Smicromyrmilla margalla Lelej and Ullah, sp. nov. (Pakistan), Andreimyrme pakistanensis Lelej and Ullah, sp. nov. (Pakistan), and Ephutomma himalayana Lelej and Ullah, sp. nov. (Pakistan, Nepal). A new combination is proposed for Storozhenkotilla semiviolacea (André). Four genera are recorded for the first time from Pakistan: Smicromyrmilla Suárez, Storozhenkotilla Lelej, Andreimyrme Lelej, and Ephutomma Ashmead. The latter is recorded for the first time from Nepal. Storozhenkotilla semiviolacea (André) is recorded for the first time from Pakistan.

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