Crossocerus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Brullé, 1835

Saini, Varun & Dey, Debjani, 2022, First record of subgenus Thao Tsuneki, 1982 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae Crabronini) from India: a new subspecies and a key to all subspecies of Crossocerus (Thao) nitidicorpus Tsuneki, Zootaxa 5159 (1), pp. 117-124 : 118

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.1.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6775145
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scientific name	Crossocerus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Brullé, 1835
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Genus Crossocerus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Brullé, 1835 View in CoL

Subgenus: Thao Tsuneki, 1982 e: 33. Type species: Crossocerus nitidicorpus Tsuneki, 1968 View in CoL , by original designation and monotypy.

Diagnosis. Mandible tridentate, inner margin without tooth; pronotal collar with ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 9–11 ) or without trace of median notch; mesopleuron without precoxal denticle ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 9–11 ); tergum II with large round hollow depression at the base ( Figs 2 View FIGURES 1–3 & 13 View FIGURES 12–15 ); pygidial plate a narrow, isosceles triangle ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 12–15 ), smooth, slightly depressed dorsally ( Tsuneki 1982; Leclercq 2009).