Occurrence of Andreimyrme substriolata (Chen, 1957) and Odontomutilla fletcheri Lelej, Terine & Girish Kumar, 2020 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) in India, with note on their geographical affinities | ||
| Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics | ||
| Article 8, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2024, Pages 81-89 PDF (4.96 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Article | ||
| DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.1.81 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Joshua Benjamin Terine* 1; Dipanwita Das2; Puthuvayi Girish Kumar3 | ||
| 1Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala–673006, India [1]; University of Calicut, Thenhipalam, Malappuram, Kerala-673635, India [2]. | ||
| 2Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal–700053, India. | ||
| 3Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala–673006, India. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Andreimyrme substriolata (Chen, 1957) and Odontomutilla fletcheri Lelej, Terine & Girish Kumar, 2020 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) are newly reported from India. O. fletcheri was only recorded from Sri Lanka till now & A. substriolata was only known from various Southeast Asian countries (China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam), in the present study these species are discovered from India which pronounce the geographical affinities of India with Sri Lanka and Southeast Asian countries and vice versa. Diagnosis, figures, distribution maps and remarks of these species are provided. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Chhattisgarh; Meghalaya; Mutillinae; Odontomutillinae; Oriental; velvet ants | ||
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