A taxonomic review of the genus Parancistrocerus Bequaert (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of three new species
- 1. Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673 006, India
- 2. Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA
Description
The potter wasp genus Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 1925, is reviewed from the Indian subcontinent. Three new species, namely, Parancistrocerus jaferpaloti Girish Kumar and Carpenter sp. n., P. loharbandensis Girish Kumar and Carpenter sp. n. and P. turensis Girish Kumar and Carpenter sp. n. are described. The species P. holzschuhi Gusenleitner, 1987, is recorded here for the first time from India. The male of P. vicinus Giordani Soika, 1994, is described. Parancistrocerus intermediatus (Sonan, 1939), P. nitobei (Sonan, 1939), P. kuraruensis (Sonan, 1939) and P. taikonus (Sonan, 1939) are new combinations. A key to species and subspecies from the Indian subcontinent and an updated checklist of Oriental species are also provided.
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