A taxonomic review of the genus Dicranorhina Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabroninae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of three new species from Southern Western Ghats

摘要

The genus Dicranorhina Shuckard, 1840, is reviewed from the Indian subcontinent. Three new species namely D. dinesani Mawadda, Girish Kumar & Sureshan sp. nov., D. georgei Mawadda, Girish Kumar & Sureshan sp. nov., and D. sreeramani Mawadda, Girish Kumar & Sureshan sp. nov., are described from the Southern Western Ghats of Kerala. Differences to similar species are given and a revised key to species of the Indo-Australian and Pacific regions is provided.