Journal of Entomological Research
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue: 1

Taxonomic study with new records of Vespid wasps (Vespidae: Hymenoptera) from Kashmir, India

  • Author:
  • Nighat Gull2, Younis Ahmad Rather1, Zubair Azad3, T. Jobiraj4, Altaf Hussain Sheikh*
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 233 to 236

1Department of Zoology, Government Degree College, Ramban - 182 144, Jammu and Kashmir, India

2University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar - 192 301, Jammu and Kashmir, India

3Department of Bioscience, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur - 482 001, Madhya Pradesh, India

4Department of Zoology, Government College Kodenchery, Kozhikode - 673 006, Kerala, India

Department of Zoology, Government Degree College, Pulwama - 192 303, Jammu and Kashmir, India

*Corresponding authors’ E-mail: khushialtaf1986@gmail.com

Online published on 21 April, 2023.

Abstract

Present paper reports five species of Vespid wasps from Kashmir. The five species are Vespa auraria, Vespa tropica haematodes, Allorhynchium metallicum, Antepipona ovalis and Indodynerus capitatus. The species constitute first report from Kashmir.

Keywords

Eumeninae, Hymenoptera, Kashmir, New record, Vespinae, Vespid wasps