Description of a new species of Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) Blüthgen, 1961 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from India

Abstract

A new species, Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) hassani is described from India and compared with similar already described species: Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) insitivus Gusenleitner, 1976 and L. (N.) umerolatus Gusenleitner, 2006. A checklist of the species of Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) from the Indian subcontinent is also provided.

Keywords

• Checklist
• Eumeninae
• Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) hassani sp. nov.
• new species
• subcontinent
• review
• Vespidae.