Eumenes architectus Smith, 1859

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 : 492-493

1. Eumenes architectus Smith, 1859

Eumenes architectus Smith, 1859: 20 , ♀, ♂—“Celebes” (OUM); de Saussure, 1862: 179 (Java); Smith, 1873: 373 (cat.); Bingham, 1897: 335 (key), 339 (Tenasserim); Rothney, 1903: 106 (Bengal).—? Dover & Rao, 1922: 236 (Sikkim to Tenasserim); Dover, 1929: 43 (Singapore); Dover, 1931: 252 (Malaya); von Schulthess, 1932: 40 (in subgenus Eumenidion; Ambon; Assam; Borneo; Celebes; Philippines; Sikkim); Liu, 1936: 96 (cat.); Iwata, 1939: 83 -85, fig. 1-3 (flowers visited, nest, prey, parasite); Giordani Soika, 1941: 151 (key); Iwata, 1942: 44, 52, 68, 75; Dammerman, 1948: 364 (Krakatau); Gusenleitner, 1991: 262 (Sulawesi); Giordani Soika, 1993: 30 (Sulawesi); Srinivasan & Girish Kumar, 2010: 1318, image 7 (India: Arunachal Pradesh); Nugroho et al., 2012: 94 (list); Pannure et al., 2016: 19 (India: Karnataka, Kerala).

Eumenes pomiformis var. architectus ; Maindron, 1882: 269 (cat.); Dalla Torre, 1894: 30 (architecta; cat.); Dalla Torre, 1904: 24 (architecta; cat.).

Eumenes punctatus ; von Schulthess, 1927: 81, fig. 1 (Sumatra; nest); Baltazar, 1966: 297 (cat.; syn.: E. architectus ). Misidentification.

Diagnosis. ♀. Head, mesosoma and metasoma finely and densely punctured; clypeus convex, apex deeply emarginate; clypeUS conVex, itS apex deeply emarginate; propodeUm roUnded poSteriorly and bUlging.

Colour description. ♀. Black with yellow markings. Yellow: spot at interantennal space; short line on temple; narrow interrUpted line on pronotUm; Spot on each Side behind tegUlae; mark on metanotUm; narrow line on apical marginS of T1 and T2. LegS black Variegated with yellow. WingS fUSco-hyaline with coppery reflectionS. Body with dark pUbeScence. Body length: 11-12 mm.

Ƌ. ColoUr Similar to that of ♀ except clypeUS entirely yellow.

Distribution. India: ArUnachal PradeSh, ASSam, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Sikkim, WeSt Bengal; China; Myanmar; MalaySia; Singapore; IndoneSia: SUmatra, JaVa (inclUding KrakataU), SUlaweSi, MolUccaS; PhilippineS.

Remarks. No SpecimenS were aVailable for oUr StUdieS; hence the deScription waS taken from Bingham, 1897. Many workerS miSidentified other SpecieS aS E. architectus Smith.