Antepipona ceylonica ( de Saussure, 1867 )

Phuong, Lien Thi, Anh, Phuong Nguyen, Nguyen, Anh D., Dang, Hoa T., Michael, Seiki Yamane & Engel, Michael S., 2024, Taxonomic review of the potter wasp genus Antepipona de Saussure, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species and keys to the Oriental fauna, Zoosystema 46 (27), pp. 697-722 : 703-704

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scientific name	Antepipona ceylonica ( de Saussure, 1867 )
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Antepipona ceylonica ( de Saussure, 1867) View in CoL *

( Figs 5 View FIG ; 6 View FIG )

Odynerus ceylonicus de Saussure, 1867: 12 .

Antepipona ceylonica View in CoL – Giordani Soika 1982 (1981): 207 (key), 215, figs 7-10: 207 (key), 215, figs 7-10.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vietnam • 1 ♀; Lang Son, Huu Lung, Cai Kinh ; 22°39’42.9”N, 106°15’365”E; alt. 28 m; 24.X.2015; Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen, Dac Dai Nguyen, Lam Xuan Truong, Ngat Thi Tran leg.; IEBR • 1♀; Thanh Hoa, Quan Hoa, Pu Hu NR; 20°33’56.0”N, 104°58’39.7”E; alt. 255 m; 14. VI.2016; Lam Xuan Truong, Dac Dai Nguyen, Ngat Thi Tran, Linh Ngoc Ha leg.; IEBR GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Gia Lai, Chu Se, Ia Glai ; 1. V.2011; Tru Vu Hoang leg.; IEBR. India • 1 ♂; Tamil Nadu, Madras ; 16-19.XII.1978; Jap-Ind Co Tr; coll. SKYC • 1 ♀; Tamil Nadu; Top slip, Anamalai ; alt. 550-800 m; 2-5.XII.1978; Japan-India Collection Trip; coll. SKYC • 1 ♀; Tamil Nadu, Mudumalai ; alt. 1000 m; 27-28.XI.1978; Japan-India Collection Trip; coll. SKYC • 1♀; Tamil Nadu, Thambaram nr. Madras ; 18.XII.1978; Japan-India Collection Trip; coll. SKYC .

DISTRIBUTION. — India: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal; Sri Lanka; Myanmar; Vietnam (new record).

REMARK

This species is recorded for the first time from Vietnam. The male genitalia of the species are described for the first time.

MALE GENITALIA. — As in Figure 6 View FIG . Parameral spine lacking setae. Volsella flattened, spatulate, wide on inner aspect, and without setae at top ( Fig. 6A View FIG ). Digitus enlarged apically ( Fig. 6B View FIG ). Penis valves long ( Fig. 6C View FIG ), about 1.7× as long as basal apodeme, in profile apical part produced into a lobe with sharp teeth at upper and lower margins ( Fig. 6D View FIG ); proximal margin smooth ( Fig. 6D View FIG ).