Eumenes comberi Dover, 1925

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 : 479-480

7. Eumenes comberi Dover, 1925

Eumenes comberi Dover, 1925 , 293, fig. 4, ♀—“Karachi; Shapali, Bombay Pres.” (BMNH); Giordani Soika, 1941: 222, 224, fig. 18 (1) (notes on type; in subgenus Eumenes ); Giordani Soika, 1960: 159 (key); Giordani Soika, 1961: 240 (in lucasius group); van der Vecht & Fischer, 1972: 126 (cat.); Gusenleitner, 1973: 120 (syn.: E. miranda ).

Eumenes miranda Kostylev, 1940: 141 , ♀ (in subgenus Eumenes ) — “Dzhili -Kul, rivière Vakhch, Tadjikistan” (coll. Gussakovskii, ZIRAS); Giordani Soika, 1961: 240 (in lucasius group); Gusenleitner, 1972: 69 (key), 113, fig. 15 (Iran); van der Vecht & Fischer, 1972: 130 (mirandus; cat.); Gusenleitner, 1973: 120 (syn. of E. comberi Dover ).

Diagnosis. T1 Very long, Slender, lateral marginS of poStpetiolUS SUbStraight and parallel, in profile View, not Swollen in apical half; head 1.16x wider than long ( Fig. 4 of DoVer, 1925: 293); temple withoUt hairS; pronotUm not Very prominent; head little broader than meSoSoma, diStinctly broader than long; cloSely bUt not coarSely pUnctUred; pUnctUreS Scattered and redUced on clypeUS; pUnctUreS on pronotUm, meSoScUtUm, ScUtellUm and propodeUm aS thoSe on head.

Colour description. ♀: Body black with yellow markings. Yellow: clypeus; mark on frons above interantennal Space; ocUlar SinUS; Scape except triangUlar dorSal black area; long Stripe on temple; pronotUm except near tegUlae; tegUlae; Spot on ScUtellUm; two SpotS on meSopleUra; oVal marking on SideS of propodeUm; markingS on metaSoma aS that of E. pomiformis , bUt apical yellow band on petiole not notched in middle; Ventral Side of petiole with two long yellow StripeS which occUpy the entire apex and merge with the apical band on the dorSal Side; S2 except at baSe; legS except mid and hind femora on external Side black. FlagellUm browniSh black with apical three flagellomereS red. Body with SilVery white pUbeScence. ♂: ColoUr Similar to ♀, except two anterior yellow markS on ScUtUm, moSt of ScUtellUm, meSopleUra and propodeUm yellow; two dorSal yellow SpotS on petiole; mid femora entirely yellow; flagellUm with baSal flagellomereS reddiSh beneath. Body length: 10 mm.

Material examined. PAKISTAN: Karachi, 1 ♂, “receiVed from W Horn,” AMNH.

Distribution. India: “Shapali, Bombay PreSidency”; PakiStan; TajikiStan; Iran.

Remarks. No ♀ specimens were available for our studies; hence the description of the ♀ was taken from DoVer (1925) and Giordani Soika (1960).

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.