Abstract/Summary

Camptopoeum (Epimethea) paruii Patiny and Roberts, sp. n., a new panurgine bee from southern Asia, is described and diagnosed. The species is currently reported from two locations in the state of Odisha in eastern India. These records represent the remarkable first data for the genus in the Indo-Malayan part of the Indian subcontinent. An identification key is presented to members of the subgenus Camptopoeum (Epimethea) Morawitz, and problems with some of Klaus Warncke’s species concepts are highlighted. The present description highlights the growing trend of isolated species from within largely Palaearctic bee lineages that have been found in Southeast Asia, and the pressing need for modern taxonomic revisions of the Indian bee fauna.