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Data · collection · 2026

New species of Elaphropoda Lieftinck, 1966 and Habropoda Smith, 1854 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Benny, Femi Ezhuthupallickal, Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan (2026): New species of Elaphropoda Lieftinck, 1966 and Habropoda Smith, 1854 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. European Journal of Taxonomy 1073: 1-21, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1073.3298, URL: europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3298/14531 Abstract.

Elaphropoda Lieftinck, 1966 and Habropoda Smith, 1854 are two rarely collected genera belonging to the family Apidae. Elaphropoda is found to be restricted to the Oriental region with 13 extant species. Habropoda is a rather extensively distributed genus with a total of 55 species worldwide.

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We describe two new species (Elaphropoda triangulata sp. nov. and Habropoda adi sp. nov.) belonging to these genera, based on two male specimens collected from Arunachal Pradesh, India. The importance of male holotypes in rarely collected Hymenoptera is highlighted. Also, the rarity of anthophorine bees in collections and the distribution pattern of Elaphropoda and Habropoda are discussed.

Identification keys and distribution maps to the Indian species of Elaphropoda and Habropoda are provided.

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