Femi, Benny E. and AP, Ranjith and Dharma Rajan, Priyadarsanan (2024) Description of a new species of potter wasp (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from northeast India. Entomon, 49 (3). pp. 465-470.

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Abstract

Pseumenes Giordani Soika, 1935 is a small genus of potter wasps occurring in Oriental, Australian and Palearctic Regions. Only one species, Pseumenes depressus (de Saussure, 1855) is known so far from India. A new species, Pseumenes siangensis sp. nov. from Arunachal Pradesh, is described. The morphological affinities of the new species are discussed. The new species is compared with the closely related P. depressus as well as P. laboriosus. Since P. depressus is similar to P. laboriosus, comparisons were made between P. laboriosus and P. siangensis sp. nov. The apical teeth of the propodeum are medium sized and blunt in P. siangensis sp. nov. (long and sharp in P. laboriosus); the posterior part of the first tergite is densely punctate in the middle P. siangensis sp. nov. (almost impunctate in P. laboriosus). The clypeus without a median black spot in P. siangensis sp. nov. (with median black spot in P. laboriosus).© 2024 Association for Advancement of Entomology.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Copyright of this article belongs to 2024 Association for Advancement of Entomology.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Eastern Himalayas, new description, taxonomy, morphological affinities.
Subjects: A ATREE Publications > G Journal Papers
Divisions: SM Sehgal Foundation Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation > Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Planning
Depositing User: Ms Suchithra R
Date Deposited: 26 Nov 2025 07:12
Last Modified: 26 Nov 2025 07:12
URI: http://archives.atree.org/id/eprint/668

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