Dasyproctus pulveris ( Nurse 1902 )

Binoy, C., Kumar, P. Girish & Santhosh, S., 2021, Review of Indian Dasyproctus Lepeletier & Brullé 1835 (Hymenoptera Crabronidae) with description of four new species, Zootaxa 4991 (3), pp. 467-498 : 491-493

12. Dasyproctus pulveris ( Nurse 1902)

( Figs 97–110 )

Crabro pulveris Nurse 1902: 87 . ♀: India.

Dasyproctus pulveris: Leclercq, 1956: 142 ; 1972: 106, 118 ( India; Pakistan).

Diagnosis. Clypeus deeply indented; anterior carina of pronotal collar laterally curving towards pronotal lobe; IOC indistinct; POD greater than OOD; obsolete punctation on head and mesosoma in female, in males fainter punctation visible; post-scutellum with yellow spots; legs reddish brown with varying yellow steaks; Gt 3 and Gt 4 immaculate.

Female. ( Figs 97–104 ). Body length 9.44 mm; fore wing length 5.42 mm.

Clypeus deeply indented, thereby presenting two individual teeth separated by space as wide as antennal torulus ( Fig. 100 ); IOC absent or evanescent ( Fig. 99 ); POD 1.4 × OOD; supra-orbital furrow elongated, 3× as long as ( Fig. 98 ); pronotal collar slightly angulate antero-laterally; its anterior bordering carina curved towards pronotal lobes; general sculpture matt, no impressed punctation visible apart from very obsolete setigerous pits on head and mesosoma ; Gt 1 slender, pedunculate posteriorly; black with following parts variously coloured: scape yellow; mandible yellow with base black and apex reddish brown; pronotal collar yellow except at medial notch; pronotal lobe yellow; axilla and two non- continuous spots on scutellum yellow; yellow spots on lateral flange of metapleuron and on post-scutellum ( Fig. 101 ); tegula brown, yellow anteriorly; legs mostly reddish brown with distinct yellow marking ventrally (marking distinct on fore legs); mid and hid femora with less yellow marking; Gt 1, Gt 2 and Gt 5 with yellow maculae, Gt 3 and Gt 4 immaculate ( Fig. 104 ).

Male. ( Figs 105–110 ) Body length 7.16–7.40 mm; fore wing length 3.21–3.37 mm.

100. Clypeus; 101. Mesosoma , dorsal view; 102. Mesosoma , lateral view; 103. Gt 1 & Gt 2, dorsal view; 104. Metasoma, lateral view.

Similar to female in colour of head mesosoma and legs; slender; distinct fine punctation on frons and vertex

( Fig. 106 ); pronotal collar not distinctly angulate antero-laterally as in female; Gt 2, Gt 5 and Gt 6 with yellow maculae;

Gt 1, Gt 3 and Gt 4 immaculate ( Fig. 110 ). Prey. Unknown. Distribution. India: Gujarat, Rajasthan (new state report). Elsewhere: Pakistan. Materials Examined: India: Rajasthan: 2 ♂, 1♀ Sirohi dt., Dhanari, 28.iii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK

Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.16484–16486; 1 ♂ Thar Desert, Jodhpur dt., Kaylana lakeside, 23.iii.2019, Coll. P.

Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.16487.

Figures

FIGURES 97–104. Dasyproctus pulveris (Nurse) ♀. 97. Habitus, lateral view; 98. Head, dorsal view; 99. Head, frontal view;

FIGURES 105–110. Dasyproctus pulveris (Nurse) ♂. 105. Habitus, lateral view; 106. Head, dorsal view; 107. Head, frontal view; 108. Clypeus; 109. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 110. Metasoma, lateral view.