Delta pyriforme circinale (Fabricius 1804)

Nugroho, Hari, Kojima, Jun-Ichi & Ubaidillah, Rosichon, 2013, Review of potter wasps with a petiolate metasoma excluding so-called " Zethinae " (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) in the Lesser Sunda Islands of the Indonesian Archipelago, Zootaxa 3608 (1), pp. 1-25 : 13-14

Delta pyriforme circinale (Fabricius 1804)

(Figs 31, 34, 37, 40)

Eumenes circinalis Fabricius 1804: 286 , holotype "Sumatra", [Universitets København, Zoologisk Museum, København].

Material examined. LOMBOK I.: 1 Ƥ (MZB), 08°33.5'S 116°25'E, alt. 540 m, Tetebatu, Sikur, Lombok Barat, J. Kojima, 5 Nov.2000; 2 Ƥ (MZB), 08°41'S 116°07'E, alt. 50 m, Mesanggok, Gerung, Lombok Barat, J. Kojima, 7 Nov.2000; 2 3 (MZB), 08°41'S 116°07'E, alt. 50 m, Mesanggok, Gerung, Lombok Barat, J. Kojima, 7 Nov.2000. SUMBAWA I.: 2 Ƥ (MZB), 08°50'S 117°18'E, alt. 100-140 m, Hutan Melake, Ropang, Sumbawa Besar, J. Kojima, 9 Nov.2000; 2 Ƥ (MZB), 08°36'S 118°17'E, Nangatumpuh, Manggalewe, Dompu, J. Kojima, 13 Nov.2000; 1 Ƥ (IUNH), 08°31'S 118°42'E, Panda, Rasanae, Bima, J. Kojima, 12. Dec.2000. KOMODO I.: 1 Ƥ (MZB), Waeliang, Djafar, Jan.–Jul.1962. FLORES I.: 3 Ƥ (MZB), West Flores, J.K. de Jong. Jun.–Jul.1937. TIMOR I.: 1 Ƥ (MZB), Camplong, A. Suyanto, 23 Jul.1980; 1 Ƥ (MZB), Hutan Hau Baat, A. Hana, 22 Feb.1982; 1 Ƥ (MZB), Hutan Hau Baat, A. Hana, 28 Feb.1982; 1 Ƥ (MZB), Oelkuku, alt. 60 m, A. Hana, 2 Mar.1982; 1 Ƥ (MZB), Kampung Sabu, Sudarman H.K., 20 Feb.1985; 1 Ƥ (MZB), Takari, Sudarman H.K., 19 Mar.1985; 1 3 (MZB), Benlutu, Sudarman H.K., 23 Mar.1985; 1 Ƥ (MZB), Timor, Pollen NTT, Sudarman H.K., 28 Mar.1985; 1Ƥ (IUNH), 10°06'S 123°50'E, Naibonat, Kupang Timur, Kupang, J. Kojima, 1 Feb.2003.

Remarks. Although the specimens from the Lesser Sunda Islands listed above agreed in their color and marking patterns better with D. p. circinale than other "subspecies" of D. pyriforme , they showed the following variations in marking patterns: pronotum reddish-brown entirely or only anteriorly (black posteriorly); scrobal spot together with spot below it occupying nearly entirely mesepisternum, or mesepisternum with only scrobal spot varying in size from small dorsal spot to large enough to occupy upper half of mesepisternum; paired lateral spots on propodeum, sometimes united to occupy nearly entire propodeum, but usually in dorsal spots, and sometimes absent; metasomal tergum 1 only sometimes entirely black, usually with reddish-brown paired lateral spots and apical band, sometimes fused to make apical two thirds of the tergum ventrally reddish-brown.

Distribution. India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak), Indonesia [Sumatra, Java (including Krakatau, Bawean Island, Kangean Islands), Bali, Sulawesi, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Islands (*Lombok, *Sumbawa, *Komodo, * Flores, Timor)]; Philippines.