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New species of the Xiphidiosis -group from the Indian region (Grylloptera Tettigonioidea Meconematidae)

1993; Firenze University Press; Volume: 6; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/03946975.1993.10539226

1970-9528

D. Keith McE. Kevan, Xing-Bao Jin,

Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny

The Xiphidiopsis-group of the Indian region includes the genera Teratura Redtenbacher 1891, Xiphidiopsis Redtenbacher 1891, Xiphidonema Ingrisch 1897 and Alloteratura Hebard 1922. Comments are made on the relevant genera of the group, and the provisional differences between Xiphidiopsis and Alloteratura are provided. Notes are given on previously described species from the Indian region, with a description of the previously unknown female of X. forficata Bolívar 1900. The following new species are described: X. denticulo ides Kevan from Nepal, X. malabarica Kevan from southern India (♀only), X. anomala Kevan and X. nepalensis Kevan (both from Nepal, both ♀♀ only), A. andamanensis Kevan from the Andaman Islands (♂ only), A. mesembrina Kevan, A. simplicicercis Kevan and A. thanjavuensis Kevan, all from southern India (the last as ♀ only), and A. nepalica Kevan from Nepal (♀ only). New island-group records of X. lita Hebard 1922 are given.