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A taxonomic review of the genus Spilomena Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Pemphredoninae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species from Southern Western Ghats
Tessy Rajan * 1, Pavittu Meethal Sureshan1 , Puthuvayi Girish Kumar1 , Ayisha N.V. Mawadda1
1- Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India.
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The genus Spilomena Shuckard, 1838, is reviewed from the Indian subcontinent. One new species, Spilomena keralaensis Rajan, Sureshan & Girish Kumar sp. nov. is described from the Southern Western Ghats of Kerala and differences from similar species are given.
Keywords: Spilomena New species Review Indian subcontinent
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Article Type: Original Research | Subject: Systematics/Coleoptera
Received: 2018/08/27 | Accepted: 2018/11/14 | Published: 2018/11/21
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