Miscophus rothneyi Bingham, 1897

Kumar, P. Girish, Mawadda, N. V. Ayisha, Terine, Joshua B. & Amal, S., 2024, Review of the genus Miscophus Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabroninae) of the Indian subcontinent with descriptions of two new species from southern India, Zootaxa 5418 (5), pp. 589-600 : 598-599

6. Miscophus rothneyi Bingham, 1897

( Figs 30–36 )

Miscophus rothneyi Bingham, 1897: 215 , ♀. Holotype ♀, India: Rajasthan: Jeypore [now Jaipur] (OXUM). Additional citations: Rothney, 1903: 104 ( India: West Bengal: Barrackpore); Bohart and Menke, 1976: 319 (in the checklist of world Sphecidae ); Nazarova, 1998: 41 ( Tajikistan: Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve); Mawadda and Girish Kumar, 2023: 114 (in checklist of Crabroninae of Northern India).

Materials examined. India: Rajasthan, Desert National Park, Jaisalmer district, Sam , 1 ♀ & 3 ♂, 25.iii.2019, P. Girish Kumar collector, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24302–24305 .

Distribution. India: Rajasthan, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Tajikistan.

Figures

FIGURES 30–36. Miscophus rothneyi Bingham, 1897. FIGURES 30–35 female. 30, Habitus, lateral view; 31, Head, frontal view; 32, Head and mesosoma, dorsal view; 33, Propodeum, dorsal view; 34, Fore wing; 35, Metasoma, dorsal view. FIGURE 36 male, Head, frontal view.