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

Authors

  • 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

Keywords:

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

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.

 

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26-09-2015

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Vol. 7 No. 11 (2015)

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