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

Rajan, Tessy; Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal; Girish Kumar, Puthuvayi; Mawadda, Ayisha N.V.

doi:10.52547/jibs.4.3.157

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

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Tessy Rajan

Pavittu Meethal Sureshan

Puthuvayi Girish Kumar

Ayisha N.V. Mawadda

Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India.

10.52547/jibs.4.3.157

Abstract

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.

Graphical Abstract

Keywords

Spilomena

new species

Review

Indian subcontinent

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