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Taxonomic Studies on Vespid Wasps (Hymenoptera:Vespoidea:Vespidae) of Dumna Nature Park, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
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The diversity of wasps of the family Vespidae from Dumna Nature Park, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh is studied. It consists of 20 species with an additional subspecies belonging to 11 genera under 3 subfamilies. Out of these, 13 species and an additional subspecies are newly recorded here from Madhya Pradesh. The parasitic association of strepsipteran insects are also reported for the first time in the genus Delta.
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Dumna Nature Park, Ethology, Hymenoptera, Madhya Pradesh, New Record, Vespidae, Vespoidea.
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