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Issue: Vol. 5405 No. 4: 1 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5405.4.5
Page range: 562-576
Abstract views: 45
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Review of the spider wasp genus Episyron Schiødte, 1837 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from India, with description of three new species

P.G. & Research Department of Zoology; Government College; Madappally; Vatakara; Kozhikode; Kerala-673102; India; Affiliated to University of Calicut
Western Ghat Regional Centre; Zoological Survey of India; Eranhipalam; Kozhikode; Kerala-673006; India
P.G. & Research Department of Zoology; Government College; Madappally; Vatakara; Kozhikode; Kerala-673102; India; Affiliated to University of Calicut
Hymenoptera Taxonomy spider wasp Pompilidae Episyron new species key India

Abstract

The spider wasp genus Episyron Schiødte, 1837 is reviewed, with five species recorded from various parts of India along with three new species described and illustrated from Kerala: E. keralaensis Anju, Girish Kumar & Thejass, sp. nov., E. nigrocalcarius Anju, Girish Kumar & Thejass, sp. nov., and E. rufotibius Anju, Girish Kumar & Thejass, sp. nov. Diagnosis of species occurring in India, comparisons of new species with congeners and a key to the Indian species also are provided.

 

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