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

P. Girish Kumar; J. M. Carpenter

doi:10.11609/JoTT.o4072.7786-90

Journal of Threatened Taxa (Sep 2015)

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

P. Girish Kumar,
J. M. Carpenter

Affiliations

P. Girish Kumar: Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India
J. M. Carpenter: Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o4072.7786-90
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 11
pp. 7786 – 7790

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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.

Published in Journal of Threatened Taxa

ISSN: 0974-7893 (Print); 0974-7907 (Online)
Publisher: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology; Science: Natural history (General): General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution
Website: https://threatenedtaxa.org/

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