Eumenes placens Nurse, 1903

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 : 486

11. Eumenes placens Nurse, 1903

(FigS 53–60)

Eumenes placens Nurse, 1903: 530 , ♀, “Murree—Kashmir Road, about 4000 ft.” (BMNH); Giordani Soika, 1960: 159 (key; Kashmir; Simla); van der Vecht & Fischer, 1972: 131 (cat.).

Eumenes coarctatus var. placens ; Dover, 1925 (1924): 291 (♂).

Diagnosis. ♀ (Figs 53–57). Lateral margin of tegula with distinct emargination in anterior third (fig. 55); dorsal Side of pronotUm almoSt flat; T2 with hairS Very Short, mUch Shorter than thoSe of T1 (Fig. 53); temple with hairS; clypeUS with SparSe Shallow pUnctUreS, apex of clypeUS Strongly emarginate (Fig. 54); fronS, Vertex, dorSal and lateral SUrfaceS of pronotUm, meSoScUtUm, ScUtellUm and metanotUm cloSely pUnctUred; pUnctUreS of T2 Smaller than that of T1; T1 aS long aS meSoSoma, narrow at baSe and broadened at apical half.

Colour description. ♀. Head and mesosoma black with yellow and ferruginous markings; metasoma extenSiVely ferrUginoUS with few yellow and black areaS. Yellow: mandibleS except for baSe; clypeUS except median Spot; Scape below; mark on interantennal Space toUching baSe of clypeUS; narrow line from clypeUS along lower half of inner orbitS; line on temple towardS Vertex; greater part of pronotUm; two lateral SpotS narrowed poSteriorly on meSoScUtUm; tegUla; baSal half of ScUtellUm; metanotUm; large mark on meSopleUron; Small Spot on Upper metapleUron; large SUblateral mark on propodeUm; two SUblateral SpotS at middle and narrow apical band on T1; medially interrUpted SUbbaSal band and wider, medially inciSed, apical band on T2; broad apical band on S2; narrow apical bandS on all remaining terga and Sterna. FerrUginoUS markingS (other than in metaSoma): antenna except Ventral Side of Scape yellow; Varying degree of markingS on meSoSoma. LegS yellow to browniSh yellow. WingS hyaline; coStal margin of forewing with flaVoUS tinge. Body length: 12 mm.

Ƌ ( FigS 58–60 ). Clypeus elongate ( Figs 59, 60 ). Colour similar to that of ♀ except clypeus entirely yellow; large SUblateral mark on propodeUm tranSVerSely interrUpted by brown markingS. Body length: 11.5 mm.

Material examined. PAKISTAN: PUnjab, Rawalpindi diStrict, MUrree, Ban , 1 ♀, 9.ix.1928 , Coll. H.S. PrUthi, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8297; Murree, Tret , 1 ♂, 5.x.1928 , Coll. H.S. Pruthi, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS/I.R-INV.8298.

Distribution. PakiStan; India: Himachal PradeSh, JammU & KaShmir.

Figures

FIGURES 55 – 60. Eumenes placens Nurse. 55 – 57 ♀. 55. Head and mesosoma, dorsal view. 56, Petiole, dorsal view. 57, T 2, dorsal view. 58 – 60 ♂. 58, Body, lateral view. 59, Head, frontal view. 60, Clypeus, frontal view.