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Dasyproctus helenae, a new species of solitary hunting wasp from India and a checklist of Dasyproctus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau and Brullé, 1835 from the Indian subcontinent (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabronini)

National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, Delhi, India.
National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, Delhi, India.
Hymenoptera New species Dasyproctus crabronini checklist India

Abstract

A new species of genus Dasyproctus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau and Brullé, 1835 is described from India: Dasyproctus helenae Saini and Dey n. sp. A checklist is provided for all Dasyproctus species reported from the Indian subcontinent.

 

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