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

Authors

  • 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.o3921.6836-8

Keywords:

Vespidae, Ropalidia, new species, India, Kerala, Southern Western Ghats.

Abstract

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

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Published

26-01-2015

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2015)

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