Carinostigmus congruus ( Walker, 1860 )

Rajan, Tessy, Sureshan, P. M. & Kumar, P. Girish, 2020, Additions to the knowledge on the genus Carinostigmus Tsuneki (Hymenoptera Crabronidae: Pemphredoninae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 4881 (1), pp. 152-164 : 158-163

Carinostigmus congruus ( Walker, 1860)

( Figs 39–45 )

Stigmus congruus Walker, 1860: 304 , ♀. Lectotype: ♀, Sri Lanka: no specific locality (NHM), designated by Krombein, 1984:8.

Material examined. INDIA: Goa, Madei Wildlife Sanctuary (15° 31’ 50.16’’ N °, 74° 8’ 14.28’’ E), 1 ♂, 15.v.2018, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.12523 ; Kerala, Kozhikode district, Jaferkhan Colony (11° 16’ 11.64’’ N, 75° 46’ 53.4’’ E), 1 ♂, 9.iii.2016, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/ IR/INV.12524; Kozhikode district , Kovoor (11° 16’ 14.16’’ N, 75° 49’ 52.32’’ E), 1 ♂, 8.xii.2018, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.12525; Palakkad district , Nelliampathy, Victoria (10° 32’ 7.44’’ N, 76° 41’ 36.96’’ E), 2 ♀, 27.ii.2017, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.12526–12527 ; Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram district, Ponmudi (8° 45’ 35.64’’ N, 77° 7’ 0.84’’ E), 2 ♂, 12.xii.2015, Coll. K. Raj- mohana, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.12528–12529 ; Kerala, Wayanad district, Moolankavu paddy field (11° 40’ 26.76’’ N, 76° 17’ 22.2’’ E), 1 ♀, 7.i.2018, Coll. S. Sreeraman, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV12530 ; Rajasthan, Sirohi district, Mount Abu (24° 35’ 33.36’’ N, 72° 42’ 56.16’’ E), 5 ♀, 27.iii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.12531–12535 ; Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Anaikatti (11° 6’ 17.28’’ N, 76° 46’ 5.88’’ E), 1 ♀, 28.xii.2018, Coll. Tessy Rajan, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.12536 ; Tamil Nadu, Thirunelveli district, Gundaru Dam Site (8° 56’ 36.6’’ N, 77° 12’ 50.04’’ E), 1 ♂, 3.x.2018, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.12539 ; Tamil Nadu, Thirunelveli district, Servalar Dam Site (8° 41’ 40.2’’ N, 77° 17’ 37.32’’ E), 1 ♀, 29.ix.2018, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.12540 .

Distribution. India: Goa (new record), Karnataka, Kerala (new record), Rajasthan (new record), Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand; Sri Lanka; Myanmar; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Thailand ( Walker 1860; Bingham 1897; Gupta 1995; Dollfuss 2004).

Figures

FIGURES 39–45. Carinostigmus congruus (Walker) ♀. 39. Habitus, lateral view; 40. Head, in frontal view; 41. Left mandible; 42. Head, pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum, dorsal view; 43. Mesosoma, lateral view; 44. Propodeum; 45. Metasoma, dorsal view.