A review of the genus Nysson Latreille (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae: Nyssonini) from India

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  • P. Girish Kumar
     Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala - 673006

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https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v121/i2/2021/154391

Keywords:

Digger Wasps, India, Key, New Record, Nysson

Abstract

The digger wasp genus Nysson Latreille is reviewed from India. The species Nysson erythropoda Cameron, 1890 is reported for the first time from Kerala and Tamil Nadu, N. excavatus Turner, 1914 from Goa, Karnataka and Kerala and N. rugosus Cameron, 1890 from Goa, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. A key to species of Nysson for the Indian subcontinent is provided.

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2021-06-29

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Girish Kumar, P. (2021). A review of the genus <i>Nysson</i> Latreille (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae: Nyssonini) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 121(2), 269–277. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v121/i2/2021/154391

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Volume 121, Issue 2, 2021

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