Sceliphron caementarium ( Drury, 1773 )

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 : 63

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scientific name	Sceliphron caementarium ( Drury, 1773 )
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Sphex caementarius Drury, 1773 : index to First Volume, ♀ (as caementaria, incorrect original termination). Syntypes: “ Antigua and several other places in the West-Indies” (lost: van der Vecht & van Breugel 1968: 222).

Pulawski (2021) gives a list of the synonymy, which is not repeated here.

Diagnosis. Frons distinctly pilose; pronotal collar dorsally with yellow band, pronotum side black; scutellum, metanotum and posterior surface of propodeum with yellow markings; mesepisternum dull, distinctly rugose between punctures, yellow mark below tegula; first tergum mostly yellow, and rest of metasomal segments and petiole black; fore and mid legs yellow: coxae, trochanter, base of femora black; hind leg black: tibiae with broad yellow ring at base, hind tarsi partly yellow.

Note. As no specimens were seen during the present study, the above diagnosis has been based on published descriptions (F. Smith 1856; Bingham 1897; van der Vecht & van Breugel 1968; Schmidt–Egger 2005).

Distribution. India (no specific locality). Elsewhere: Australia; Austria; Bangladesh; Belgium; Belize; Bermuda; Bulgaria; Canada; Canary island; Chile; Cook Island; Costa Rica; Croatia; Cuba; Czech Republic; Eritrea; France; French Polynesia; Fiji; Germany; Hungary; Iran; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Korea; Luxembourg; Mariana Island; Marshall Island; Mexico; Netherland; New Caledonia; Nicaragua; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Samoa; Slovakia; Switzerland; Ukraine; United States of America; West Indies ( Pulawski 2021).

References

Bingham, C. T. (1897) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Hymenoptera. Vol. I. Wasps and Bees. Taylor and Francis, London, 579 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 100738

Drury, D. (1773) Illustrations of natural history. Wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of exotic insects, according to their different genera; very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from nature, with the greatest accuracy, and under the author's own inspection, on fifty copper-plates. With a particular description of each insect: interspersed with remarks and reflections on the nature and properties of many of them. To which is added, a translation into French. Vol. II. B. White, London, vii + 90 pp.

Pulawski, W. J. (2021) Catalog of Sphecidae. Available on: http: // research. calacademy. org / ent / catalog _ sphecidae / (accessed 15 February 2021)

Smith, F. (1856) Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. Sphegidae, Larridae and Crabronidae. Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 207 - 497.