Sceliphron neobilineatum Jha & Farooqi, 1995

Anagha, S., Kumar, P. Girish, Binoy, C., Mazumdar, P. C. & Sureshan, P. M., 2021, A review of the mud-dauber wasps of genus Sceliphron Klug (Hymenoptera Sphecidae) from India, Zootaxa 4969 (1), pp. 61-85 : 81

2. Sceliphron neobilineatum Jha & Farooqi, 1995

Sceliphron neobilineatum Jha & Farooqi, 1995: 15 , ♀, ♂. Holotype: ♀, India: Bihar: Pusa (repository?).

Diagnosis. Female. Frons with fine striation diverging from ocellar region; clypeus apico-medially incised, without lateral incisions (see Fig. 10 of Jha & Farooqi (1995: 18)); pronotal collar with yellow band, transversely striate and finely pitted anteriorly; mesoscutum with regular transverse striation; scutellum and top of metanotum yellow, scutellum longitudinally and metanotum transversely striate; propodeal enclosure transversely striate, with narrow longitudinal furrow in middle, posterior half of propodeum yellow except along median line; mesopleuron striate and punctate; petiole, anterior half of first metasomal tergum sub-apically and sub- basally yellow.

Male. Striation on mesoscutum posteriorly usually circular; mesopleural striation broken and distantly placed; petiole longer than in female.

Distribution. India: Bihar ( Jha & Farooqi 1995; Pulawski 2021).

Figures

FIGURES 10–14. Sceliphron curvatum (F. Smith), ♀. 10. Habitus, lateral view; 11. Head, frontal view; 12. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 13. Mesosoma, lateral view; 14. Metasoma, dorsal view.