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Issue: Vol. 5637 No. 1: 20 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5637.1.5
Page range: 126-138
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Review of the Genus Maculonomia Wu (Apoidea: Halictidae: Nomiinae) from India, featuring a new species and new record

Zoological Survey of India; Prani Vigyan Bhawan; New Alipore; Kolkata-700053; West Bengal; India; Department of Zoology; University of Calcutta; Ballygunge Circular Road; Kolkata-700019; West Bengal; India
Department of Entomology; Washington State University; Pullman; WA 99164-6382
Department of Entomology; University of Agricultural Sciences; GKVK; Bengaluru-560065; Karnataka; India
Department of Zoology; University of Calcutta; Ballygunge Circular Road; Kolkata-700019; West Bengal; India
Hymenoptera Sweat bees taxonomy asia faunistics northeast India

Abstract

A new species, Maculonomia orri sp. nov., is described, diagnosed, and illustrated from India. Another species from the genus, Maculonomia penangensis (Cockerell,1920), is reported from India for the first time. A distribution map for the Indian species of Maculonomia is provided, along with tabulated key characteristics of the individual species.

 

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How to Cite

Majumder, B., Bossert, S., Yeshwanth, H. & Rameshkumar, A. (2025) Review of the Genus Maculonomia Wu (Apoidea: Halictidae: Nomiinae) from India, featuring a new species and new record. Zootaxa, 5637 (1), 126–138. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5637.1.5