Dasyproctus buddha ( Cameron, 1889 )

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 : 474-476

3. Dasyproctus buddha ( Cameron, 1889)

( Figs 25–32 )

Rhopalum buddha Cameron 1889: 18 . ♀: India.

Crabro (Rhopalum) brookii Bingham 1896: 444 . ♀: India.

Crabro taprobanae Cameron 1898: 30 . ♀: Sri Lanka.

Crabro musaeus Cameron 1901b: 53 . ♀: Maldives.

Dasyproctus testaceipalpis Cameron 1908: 305 . ♀: India.

Dasyproctus buddha: Leclercq, 1956: 147 ; 1972: 104, 105, 109, 113. Tsuneki, 1974: 644 ( Thailand; variation).

Diagnosis. Clypeus apico-medially bevelled, truncated or slightly emarginated; anterior carina of pronotal collar bending towards insertion of fore coxa; IOC distinct; POD equal to OOD; punctuation on head and mesosoma not very marked, obsolete punctures beyond lateral ocelli; Gt 1 and Gt 2 immaculate.

Description. Female. Body length 12.17–13.24 mm; fore wing length 8.33–8.6 mm.

Clypeus apico-medially bevelled, truncated or slightly emarginated ( Fig. 28 ); IOC distinct; POD equal to OOD ( Fig. 26 ); anterior bordering carina of pronotal collar bending towards insertion of fore coxa; Gt 1 pedunculate; black with following parts variously coloured: scape yellow; mandible yellow with apex reddish; pronotal collar, except on medial notch and pronotal lobe yellow; prepectus dorsal third yellow; axilla and scutellum anteriorly yellow ( Fig. 29 ); fore and mid femora brown with ventral and apical yellow patch, fore and mid tibiae yellow with inner part brown; hind femur brown; hind tibia yellow with uneven brown patches; Gt 1 and Gt 2 immaculate ( Fig. 31 ); Gt 3 –Gt 5 with markedly smaller patches laterally ( Fig. 32 ).

Male. Unknown. For details, see male of Dasyproctus idrieus (Cameron) .

Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu.

Note. Since the male of Crabro idrieus Cameron no longer falls within the limits of D. buddha (Cameron) , the authors feel it judicious to treat the male of D. buddha as unknown. Collection details of the present study only are included here.

Materials Examined: India: Andhra Pradesh: 1 ♀ Guntur, Nagarjunakonda, 30.ix.1963, Coll. B. Nath, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16451 ; Assam: 1 ♀ Sonitpur dt., Balipora, 29.xii.1965, Coll. S. K. B. & A. N. T. Jo- seph, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16452 ; Kerala: 2 ♀ Kannur dt., Madayipara, 28.vii.2019 & 04.viii.2019, Coll. C. K. Charesh, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16448 & 16449 ; 1 ♀ Kannur dt., Manathana paddy field, 21.xi.2017, Coll. Biju, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16445 ; 1 ♀ Kollam dt., Sasthamkota, 22–26.vii.2016, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16446 ; 1 ♀ Kozhikode dt., Kakkavayal, 10.xii.2019, Coll. Souvik Sen & party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16447 ; 1 ♀ Kozhikode dt., Vilakkottur, 21.xii.2020, Coll. Hanima Raveendran K. P., ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16442 ; 2 ♀ Malappuram dt., Calicut Univer- sity Campus, 10.viii.2018, Coll. C. Binoy, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16443 & 16444 ; Rajasthan: 1 ♀ Sirohi dt., Mt. Abu , 27.iii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16453 ; Tamil Nadu: 1 ♀ Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, Kulasekharam Range, Peechipara, 20.ii.2020, Coll. Souvik Sen & party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16450 ; Uttarakhand: 1 ♀ Deharadun dt., Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary, 18.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16454 .

Figures

FIGURES 25–32. Dasyproctus buddha (Cameron) ♀. 25. Habitus, lateral view; 26. Head, dorsal view; 27. Head, frontal view; 28. Clypeus; 29. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 30. Mesosoma, lateral view; 31. Gt1 & Gt2, dorsal view; 32. Metasoma, lateral view.