New record of Vechtia rugosa (F. Smith, 1858) (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Crabroninae) from India

Girish Kumar, Puthuvayi; Hanima, Raveendran K.P.; Amal, Sreedharan; Hegde, Vishwanath D.

doi:10.61186/jibs.9.4.687

New record of Vechtia rugosa (F. Smith, 1858) (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Crabroninae) from India

Document Type : Short Paper

Authors

Puthuvayi Girish Kumar

Raveendran K.P. Hanima

Sreedharan Amal

Vishwanath D. Hegde

Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala-673006, India

10.61186/jibs.9.4.687

Abstract

Range extension of the square-headed wasp, Vechtia rugosa (F. Smith, 1858), which is primarily the Southeast Asian species, towards India is presented. A key to species and subspecies of the genus Vechtia Pate, 1944 is also provided with illustrations of V. rugosa rugosa (F. Smith, 1858). The known distribution of the Vechtia species in Southeastern Asia is also discussed.

Graphical Abstract

New record of Vechtia rugosa (F. Smith, 1858) (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Crabroninae) from India

Keywords

Square-headed wasps

Crabronini

Crabronina

Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary

Karnataka

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