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Taxonomic Studies on Vespid Wasps (Hymenoptera:Vespoidea:Vespidae) of Dumna Nature Park, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh


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1 Department of Bioscience, Rani Durgavati Viswa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh – 482001, India
2 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala – 673006, India
3 Directorate of Research Services, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh – 482004, India
4 Department of Zoology, Government O. F. K. College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh – 482005, India
 

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The diversity of wasps of the family Vespidae from Dumna Nature Park, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh is studied. It consists of 20 species with an additional subspecies belonging to 11 genera under 3 subfamilies. Out of these, 13 species and an additional subspecies are newly recorded here from Madhya Pradesh. The parasitic association of strepsipteran insects are also reported for the first time in the genus Delta.

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Dumna Nature Park, Ethology, Hymenoptera, Madhya Pradesh, New Record, Vespidae, Vespoidea.
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Authors

Altaf Hussain Sheikh
Department of Bioscience, Rani Durgavati Viswa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh – 482001, India
P. Girish Kumar
Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala – 673006, India
Moni Thomas
Directorate of Research Services, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh – 482004, India
Rita Bhandari
Department of Zoology, Government O. F. K. College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh – 482005, India

Abstract


The diversity of wasps of the family Vespidae from Dumna Nature Park, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh is studied. It consists of 20 species with an additional subspecies belonging to 11 genera under 3 subfamilies. Out of these, 13 species and an additional subspecies are newly recorded here from Madhya Pradesh. The parasitic association of strepsipteran insects are also reported for the first time in the genus Delta.

Keywords


Dumna Nature Park, Ethology, Hymenoptera, Madhya Pradesh, New Record, Vespidae, Vespoidea.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v117i3.171276