REVISION OF THE GENUS ATHLOPHORUS BURMEISTER FROM INDIA (HYMENOPTERA: SYMPHYTA: TENTHREDINIDAE: ALLANTINAE)

Malkiat Saini, V Vasu
1997 Israel Journal of Entomology   unpublished
Fourteen species of the genus Athlophonis occur in India. Four new species are described: A. spinicus, A. scutocarinatus, A. fuscopodus and A. cephalomaculus. A. placidus (Konow) and A. gracilis (Konow) are recorded from India for the first time. A. vespifonnis Saini, Singh, Singh and Singh is synonymised with A. assamensis Malaise. A key is given for identification of species, and descriptions and illustrations are provided for each species.
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