Journal of Entomological Research

Species of the genus Lipotriches Gerstaecker which includes a large group of grass pollinating bees, sweat bees, Steganomus Ritsema and Crocisaspidia Ashmead were studied based on the collections deposited at the Hymenoptera Section, National Zoological Collection, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. Old unidentified specimens from Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Punjab, Tripura, Uttarakhand and West Bengal were identified. A total of 10 species with 06 species of Lipotriches, viz., Lipotriches (Armatriches) fervida (Smith, 1875), Lipotriches (Lipotriches) fulvinerva (Cameron, 1907), Lipotriches (Lipotriches) kangrae (Nurse 1904), and Lipotriches (Lipotriches) phenacopsis (Cockerell, 1911), Lipotriches (Lipotriches) phenacura (Cockerell, 1911), Lipotriches (Rhopalomelissa) pulchriventris (Cameron, 1897); 03 species of Steganomus, viz., Steganomus bipunctatus (Fabricius, 1804), Steganomus lieftincki Pauly 2009, and Steganomus fulvipennis Cameron 1898 and one species of Crocisaspidia, viz., Crocisaspidia buddha (Westwood, 1875) have been documented. Detailed illustrations and brief diagnosis along with the updated distributional records are provided for all species. L. kangrae, L. phenacura, S. bipunctatus and S. fulvipennis are recorded for the first time from Northeast India and L. fervida is recorded from Northwest Himalaya.