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Anagha S, Girish Kumar P, Hegde V D. A study of the genus Sphex Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) from India. J. Insect Biodivers. Syst 2021; 7 (4) :449-465
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1- Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. , anagha.s18@gmail.com
2- Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India.
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The genus Sphex Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) is studied from India and key to Indian species is provided. The state-wise distributions of four species of Sphex are augmented here. A new synonymy is proposed: Sphex zubaidiyacus Augul, 2013 = S. obscurus (Fabricius, 1804).
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Article Type: Research Article | Subject: Systematics/Hymenoptera
Received: 2021/08/16 | Accepted: 2021/10/17 | Published: 2021/11/14

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