Identification and description of Indian parasitic bee genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804, (Halictidae: Hymenoptera)
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The present study provides an updated knowledge on taxonomy of three important species of Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 which were collected from different parts of India. Three species viz., Sphecodes iridipennis Smith 1879, S. gibbus Smith 1853, S. crassicornis Smith 1879 are redescribed with illustrations, genitalic features and measurements of their morphological features. An annotated checklist of species Sphecodes from India also provided.
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Cuckoo bee, Halictidae, Hymenoptera Sphecodes, Parasitic bee
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Bluthgen, P (1924). Zur Systematik der Bienengattung Sphecodes Latr. II. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift issue, 6: 456-516
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Cockerell, T. D. A. (1938). Bees of the genus Sphecodes from the Belgian Congo. Revue de Zoologie et de Bota-nique aficans, 30: 327-329
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Sichel, J. 1865. Révision monographique, critique et synony-mique du genre mellifera Sphecodes Latr. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (4) 5: 397-466
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Tsuneki, K. (1983). A contribution to the knowledge of Sphecodes Latreille of Japan (Hymenoptera, Halicti-dae). Special Publications of the Japan Hymenopterists Association, 26: 1-71
Verhoeff, C. (1890). Ein Beitrag zur deutschen Hymenopteren-Fauna. Entomologische Natchrichten 16: 321-335
Warncke, K. (1992). Die westpaläarktischen Arten der Bienengattung Sphecodes Latr. Bericht der Naturforschende Gesellschaft Augsburg, 52: 9-64
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Identification and description of Indian parasitic bee genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804, (Halictidae: Hymenoptera). (2016). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 8(4), 1839-1849. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v8i4.1051
