A new species of Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) from the southern Western Ghats, India

K.P. Mohammed Shareef; Lambert Kishore; P. Girish Kumar

doi:10.11609/jott.1797.6836-6838

Journal of Threatened Taxa (Jan 2015)

A new species of Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) from the southern Western Ghats, India

K.P. Mohammed Shareef,
Lambert Kishore,
P. Girish Kumar

Affiliations

K.P. Mohammed Shareef: P.G. & Research Department of Zoology, Malabar Christian College, University of Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala 673001, India
Lambert Kishore: P.G. & Research Department of Zoology, Malabar Christian College, University of Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala 673001, India
P. Girish Kumar: Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.1797.6836-6838
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 6836 – 6838

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A new species, Ropalidia narendrani sp. nov. is described from Southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India. The affinities of the new species are also discussed.

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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