Eumenes atrophicus ( Fabricius, 1798 )

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 : 475-476

4. Eumenes atrophicus ( Fabricius, 1798)

(FigS 17–24)

Vespa atrophica Fabricius, 1798: 264 ♀—“In India orientali” (UZMC).

Polistes atrophica ; Fabricius, 1804: 280; de Saussure, 1854: 247 (unidentified species; Eumenes ?); Dalla Torre, 1894: 123 (cat.); Dalla Torre, 1904: 71 ( atrophicus ; cat.); Schulz, 1912: 86 (type examined; identical to E. architectus Smith, 1859 [misidentification]).

Icaria (?) atrophica ; de Saussure, 1853: 42 (unidentified species).

Eumenes compressus de Saussure, 1855: 142 , ♂ —“? Probablement l’Amérique” (MP); de Saussure, 1875: 105; van der Vecht, 1981: 454 (syn. of E. atrophicus (Fabricius) .

Eumenes atrophica ; Schulz, 1912: 101 (list); van der Vecht, 1959: 235, fig. 1 (a-e) ( atrophicus ; redescription of type); van der Vecht, 1981: 443 ( atrophicus ; syns.: E. compressus de Saussure , E. citreolineatus Giordani Soika ); Gusenleitner, 1987: 269 ( atrophicus ; Nepal); Gusenleitner, 1988: 182 ( atrophicus ; Thailand); Gusenleitner, 2006: 693 ( atrophicus ; India: Garo Hills, Kalimpong, Karad, Madurai, Malampuzha, Melli Bazar, Bageshwar); Nguyen, 2015: 564, 567, 571 (key) ( atrophicus ; Vietnam); 2016: 587 ( atrophicus ; key); Pannure et al., 2016: 19 ( atrophicus ).

Eumenes citreolineatus Giordani Soika, 1941: 135 (key), 149, fig. 5, ♀, ♂ (in subgenus Eumenes )—“Siam, Muok-Lek, 1000m ” (MVEN); also from Hong Kong; Burma; Giordani Soika, 1973a: 25; van der Vecht, 1981: 455 (syn. of E. atrophicus (Fabricius)) ; Borsato & Ratti, 1999: 72 (list).

Diagnosis. ♀ (Figs 17–21). Punctures on T2 relatively coarse and not very dense ( Fig. 21 ); T2, in profile view, only Slightly Swollen in middle, weakly impreSSed preapically, and apical margin Slightly reflected (Fig. 17); T2 mUch longer than wide (4:3) in dorSal View ( Fig. 21 ); tegUla withoUt emargination at lateral margin; T2 with hairS Very Short, mUch Shorter than thoSe at baSe of T1 (Fig. 17); T1 pear-Shaped, dilated poSterior part with almoSt parallel SideS in dorSal View ( Fig. 20 ); temple with hairS.

Colour description. ♀. Black with yellow markings. Yellow: mushroom-shaped spot between antennae; short line on temple; rarely a baSal band or two SpotS on clypeUS; three well Separated tranSVerSe markS on pronotUm; mark on tegUlae (USUally abSent); Short tranSVerSe line on lateral areaS of ScUtellUm (SometimeS abSent); tranSVerSe line on metanotUm (SometimeS abSent); Spot on meSepiSternUm (USUally abSent); SpotS on propodeUm (USUally abSent); narrow apical bandS on T1, T2 & S2 (band on S2 narrowly interrUpted on each Side; rarely band on T2 interrUpted at SideS); rarely Small SpotS on T2 baSo-laterally. MandibleS browniSh at apex; tegUlae brown with black baSe (rarely poSteriorly yellow); legS browniSh black; fore and mid femora with Small yellow Spot at apex; fore tibia browniSh with irregUlar yellow line anteriorly; mid tibiae browniSh at extreme baSe; wingS fUSco-hyaline. Body length: 10-11 mm.

Ƌ ( FigS 22–24 ). Apical antennal article hook-like, pointed tip reaching middle of 10th article in cUrVed poSition ( Fig. 22 ). ColoUr Similar to ♀ except clypeUS entirely yellow (rarely lateral marginS black). Body length: 10-11 mm.

Material examined. INDIA: ArUnachal PradeSh, WeSt Kameng diStrict , SeSSa, 1 ♂, 7.ix.1998, Coll. A.R. Lahiri & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8256 ; Upper Siang district, Geku, 1 ♂, 17.ix.2002, Coll. M. Sil & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8257. ASSam, Goalpara diStrict, Darranggiri, 1 ♂, 30.iV.1979, Coll. J.K. Jonathan & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8258 ; North Cachar Hills district, Dehangi , 1 ♀, 23-24.V.1979, Coll. S.B. Roy & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8259 ; Karbi Anglong diStrict, Garampani, 1 ♂, 19.ix.1979, Coll. C. RadhakriShnan, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8260. ChhattiSgarh, Kabirdham diStrict, Bhoramdeo Wildlife SanctUary, BUdha foreSt, 1 ♀, 24.xi.2011, Coll. Anil & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8261 ; Kabirdham district, Bhoramdeo Wildlife Sanctuary, Nagdhara Nalla , 1 ♀, 28.xi.2011, Coll. Anil & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8262. Meghalaya, EaSt Garo HillS diStrict, SongSak, 8 ♂, 5-6.V.1979, Coll. J.K. Jonathan & Party, ZSIK Regd. NoS. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8263–8270. Mizoram, KolaSib diStrict , Thingdawl, 1 ♂, 22.i.1995, Coll. T.K. Pal & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R- INV.8271. Sikkim, exact collection locality Unknown, 1 ♀ & 2 ♂, Vii-Viii. 1897, Coll. DUdgeon, ZSIK Regd. NoS. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8272–8274 ; East Sikkim district, Deorali, 1 ♂, 23.ix.1978, Coll. A.N.T. Joseph & Party, ZSIK Regd. NoS. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8275. TripUra, North TripUra diStrict, Dharmnagar, 1 ♂, 1.V.1978, Coll. J.K. Jonathan & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8276 . WeSt Bengal, Howrah diStrict, ChandrapUr , 1 ♀, 25.V.1994, Coll. S.K. GUpta & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8277 ; Kolkata diStrict , SoUthern Avenue, 4 ♀, 16-23.xii.2012, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8278–8281; S-24 ParganaS diStrict, SUnderbanS BioSphere ReSerVe, Jibantala, 1 ♂, 30.Vii.2013, Coll. GaUraV Sharma & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8282 ; Nadia district, Taherpur , 1 ♂, 16.xi.2014, Coll. P.C. Mazumdar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8283 ; Kolkata district , Southern Avenue, 1 ♀, 3.iii.2015, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. NoS. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8284.

Distribution. India: * ArUnachal PradeSh, * ASSam, * ChhattiSgarh, Kerala, MaharaShtra, Meghalaya, * Mizoram, Sikkim, Tamil NadU, * TripUra, Uttarakhand, WeSt Bengal; Nepal; Myanmar; Thailand; LaoS; Vietnam; China: Hong Kong.

Figures

FIGURES 19 – 24. Eumenes atrophicus (Fabricius). 19 – 21 ♀. 19, Head and mesosoma, dorsal view. 20, Petiole, dorsal view. 21, T 2, dorsal view. 22 – 24 ♂. 22, Body, lateral view. 23, Head, frontal view. 24. Clypeus, frontal view.