A new species of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Chiasmognathus Engel (Nomadinae: Ammobatini), a lineage of minute Anthophila victimizing Nomioides Schenck (Halictidae: Halictinae: Nomioidini), is described and figured from Sindh Province, Pakistan. Chiasmognathus pashupati Engel, new species, is distinguished from previously described congeners and is a cleptoparasite of Nomioides patruelis Cockerell.
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1 April 2007
A New Species of Chiasmognathus from Southeastern Pakistan (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Michael S. Engel
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Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society
Vol. 80 • No. 2
April 2007
Vol. 80 • No. 2
April 2007
Anthophila
Apoidea
Asia
cleptoparasite
Indus Valley
taxonomy