Additions to the knowledge of the genus Symmorphus Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) in India with two new records of species
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https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2018.v74.196Keywords:
Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae, Symmorphus, first records, key, checklist, IndiaAbstract
Two species of potter wasps of the genus Symmorphus Wesmael, 1836, namely Symmorphus (Symmorphus) alkimus alkimus Cumming & van der Vecht, 1986 and S. (S.) ambotretus Cumming, 1989, are recorded here for the first time from India. A key to the Indian species of the genus and an updated checklist of the species of Symmorphus of the Indian subcontinent are also provided.
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