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Four species of anthidiine bees (Apoidea: Megachilidae) new to India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2021

Sayan Sardar ,
Max Kasparek ,
A. Rameshkumar Open the ORCID record for A. Rameshkumar [Opens in a new window]  and
S.I. Kazmi
Sayan Sardar
Affiliation:
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Max Kasparek
Affiliation:
Monchhofstr. 16, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
A. Rameshkumar*
Affiliation:
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
S.I. Kazmi
Affiliation:
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
*
*Corresponding author. Email: drrameshtrichy@gmail.com
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Abstract

We report for the first time in India one genus, Bathanthidium Mavromoustakis, and the following four species of the bee tribe Anthidiini (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) based on material deposited at the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata: Anthidium (Anthidium) florentinum (Fabricius), Anthidium (Proanthidium) qingtaoi Niu and Zhu, Anthidiellum (Pycnanthidium) carinatum (Wu), and Bathanthidium (Manthidium) binghami (Friese). Illustrations of each of these species are provided, together with the information about their distribution, floral association, and diagnostic features.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 154 , Issue 1 , 2022 , e7
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Entomological Society of Canada

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