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Issue: Vol. 4950 No. 2: 30 Mar. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-03-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4950.2.10
Page range: 389–394
Abstract views: 79
PDF downloaded: 9

A review of the genus Tzustigmus Finnamore (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Pemphredoninae) from India with the description of a 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
Hymenoptera Tzustigmus Pemphredoninae India new species key review taxonomy

Abstract

The genus Tzustigmus Finnamore (Crabronidae: Pemphredoninae) from India is reviewed and a modified key to the world species is provided. A new species T. sahyadriensis Tessy, Girish Kumar & Sureshan sp. nov., from Kerala is described and illustrated.

 

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