Sceliphron madraspatanum madraspatanum ( Fabricius, 1781 )

Kumar, P. Girish & Rajmohana, K., 2018, Taxonomic studies on Wasps of Kottooli and Thalassery-Dharmadam Mangroves of Kerala (Insecta: Hymenoptera), Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4), pp. 337-349 : 343

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/119059
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scientific name	Sceliphron madraspatanum madraspatanum ( Fabricius, 1781 )
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18. Sceliphron madraspatanum madraspatanum ( Fabricius, 1781) View in CoL

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1781. Sphex madraspatanus Fabricius , 445, sex not indicated (as madraspatana, incorrect original termination). Lectotype ♂, India: Malabar ( BMNH), designated by van der Vecht, 1961: 43.

1892. Sceliphron madraspatanum ; Mocsáry, 127.

Material examined: INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode district, Kottooli Wetland , 3 ♂, 7.v.2016 , Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/ WGRC /I.R-INV.8956–8958 ; Kerala, Kannur district, Thalassery mangroves, Kuyyali , 1 ♀ ,

11.vi.2016, Coll. K. Sruthi, ZSI/ WGRS /I. R.-INV.6976; Kerala, Thalassery mangroves, Kuyyali , 1 ♂ , 15.viii.2016, Coll. K. Sruthi, ZSI/ WGRS /I. R.-INV.7264 .

Diagnosis: Pronotum, tegulae and metanotum with yellow markings; inner side of mandibles with more or less distinct tooth; hind coxae normal, rounded on outer side; terminal gastral sternite slightly convex, not keeled; lower half of inner eye margins distinctly converging towards clypeus.

Distribution: India: Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Myanmar; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Maldives; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; Cambodia; Malaysia; Indonesia ( Pulawski, 2018).