Eumenes affinissimus de Saussure, 1852

Sureshan, Pavittu M., 2017, A taxonomic review of the Indian species of the genus Eumenes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), Zootaxa 4317 (3), pp. 469-498 : 471-472

1. Eumenes affinissimus de Saussure, 1852

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Eumenes affinissima de Saussure, 1852: 37 , ♂—“Indes Orientales” (OUM); Smith, 1873: 371 (cat.);? Bingham, 1897: 335 (key), 340 ( affinissima ; syn.: Eumenes mainpuriensis Smith ; ♀; Mainpuri; Tenasserim); Paiva, 1907: 15 (Mussoorie); Dutt, 1912: 229, pl. 13, fig. 9-11 (E. “ affinissima var.” nest: single cells on branches of Tamarix sp.); Dover & Rao, 1922: 237 (Mussorie; Simla Hills; “Rajshahi, East Bengal” [= Rajshahi, Bangladesh]); Dover, 1925 (1924): 292 (variety of Eumenes pomiformis (Fabricius)) ; von Schulthess, 1935: 299 (Java); Giordani Soika, 1960: 159 (key); Gusenleitner, 2006: 693 (affinisimus; syn.: E. coelestimontanus Kostylev ; India: Ladakh); Nugroho et al., 2012: 93 (list); Oehlke, 2012: 597 (Kyrgyzstan; China; Mongolia).

? Eumenes pomiformis var. affinissima ; Maindron, 1882: 268 (Borneo; cat.); Dalla Torre, 1894: 30 (cat.); Dalla Torre, 1904: 24 (cat.); Dover, 1931: 252 (Malaya).

Eumenes coelestimontana Kostylev, 1940: 140 , ♀, ♂ (in subgenus Eumenes ) [Kyrgyzstan] “Rivière Petite Almatinka, Tianchan, Alatau Transilien” (holotype ♀ ZMM); Gusenleitner, 1972: 71 (key), 87; van der Vecht & Fischer, 1972: 126 (cat.); Gusenleitner, 2006: 693 ( coelestimontanus ; syn. of E. affinissimus de Saussure ).

Diagnosis. ♀ ( Figs 1–5 ). S2 with many whitish hairs, about as long as those on T2; punctures on T2 very small and SparSe, interSpaceS mUch larger than diameter of pUnctUreS ( Fig. 5 ); T1 of normal length (3 mm), poStpetiolUS Sharply and Strongly broadened (pear-Shaped) ( Fig. 4 ); temple with hairS; clypeUS with SparSe pUnctUreS of mediUm thickneSS; head, meSoSoma, T1 and T2 with long whitiSh hairS ( FigS 3, 4, 5 ).

Colour description. ♀. Body black with yellow markingS. Yellow: interrUpted (SometimeS entire) mark at baSe of clypeUS extending to lateral SideS and two Small SpotS at apex (SometimeS abSent); linear mark on interantennal Space toUching the clypeUS; Small linear mark on temple towardS Vertex; wide band on pronotUm; Spot on meSepiSternUm; metanotUm; one Upper roUnded Spot and one lower elongate lateral patch on propodeUm (SometimeS both markingS abSent); tegUlae (except black to blackiSh brown median area); apex of all femora; all tibia; apical band on T1, inVaginated at middle; baSal tranSVerSe Spot at SideS and almoSt regUlar, narrowed at middle and at SideS, apical band on T2; S2 with narrow apical band broadened at middle; narrow bandS, more or leSS regUlar, at the apex of T1-T4 (SometimeS VagUe poStero-median Spot on T5 alSo) and S3-S5. WingS almoSt hyaline, Slightly infUmated. Body length: 12-13 mm.

Ƌ ( FigS 6–8 ). Apical antennal article long with broad baSe and Sharply pointed apex, reaching to middle of 10th article in cUrVed poSition ( Fig. 8 ); clypeUS elongate and clypeal apex Strongly emarginate ( Fig. 7 ). ColoUr Similar to that of ♀ except clypeus entirely yellow, narrow apical yellow spot on T5 and band on S6 also; apical antennal article ferrUginoUS. Body length: 10.5 mm.

Material examined. INDIA: JammU & KaShmir, Ganderbal diStrict , Sonamarg , Alt. 9000 ft., 1 ♂, 17- 23.vi.1921 , Coll. Unknown, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8285; Leh district, Liktsey , 1 ♀, 7.viii.2008 , Coll. S.I. Kazmi, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8286. Uttarakhand, DehradUn diStrict , MUSSoorie, 2 ♀, 20.V.1905 , Coll. BrUnetti, ZSIK Regd. NoS. ZSI/WGRS/I.R-INV.8287 & 8288. PAKISTAN: PUnjab, Rawalpindi diStrict , MUrree, 1 ♀, 9.ix.1928, Coll. H.S. PrUthi, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8289.

Distribution. India: Himachal PradeSh, JammU & KaShmir; Uttarakhand; KyrgyzStan; * PakiStan; BangladeSh; MalaySia; IndoneSia: JaVa; China; Mongolia.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Eumenes affinissimus de Saussure. 1 – 5 ♀. 1, Body, lateral view. 2, Head, frontal view. 3, Head and mesosoma, dorsal view. 4, Petiole, dorsal view. 5, T 2, dorsal view. 6, ♂, Body, lateral view.

FIGURES 7 – 8. Eumenes affinissimus de Saussure, ♂. 7, Head, frontal view. 8, Antenna. FIGURES 9 – 12. Eumenes assamensis Meade-Waldo, ♀. 9, Body, lateral view. 10, Head, frontal view. 11. Head and mesosoma, dorsal view. 12, Petiole, dorsal view.