Dasyproctus agilis (F. Smith, 1858 )

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 : 469-472

1. Dasyproctus agilis (F. Smith, 1858)

( Figs 1–14 )

Crabro agilis F. Smith 1858: 18 . ♀: Indonesia.

Dasyproctus ceylonicus de Saussure 1867: 85 . ♀: Sri Lanka. Leclercq, 1956: 162; 1957: 55.

Dasyproctus indicus de Saussure 1892: 582 . ♂: India: West Bengal.

Crabro infantulus Kohl 1894: 284 . ♂: India: West Bengal.

Crabro revelatus Cameron 1898: 34 . ♀: Sri Lanka.

Crabro impetuosus Cameron 1901a: 28 . ♂: Singapore.

Dasyproctus philippinensis Ashmead 1904: 129 . ♀, ♂: Philippines.

Dasyproctus funestus Turner 1917: 188 . ♂: India: Bihar.

Dasyproctus agilis: Leclercq, 1956: 161 (synonymy for Crabro agilis F. Smith ); 1972: 109.

Dasyproctus agilis agilis: Leclercq, 1972: 107 , 108, 111.

Dasyproctus agilis: Tsuneki, 1982: 11 (Taiwan) .

Diagnosis. Clypeus with a very sharp indentation in the form of a semi-circle without any lateral denticles in females; in males, clypeus medially produced, apical margin truncated; IOC distinct; POD shorter than OOD; anterior carina of pronotal collar laterally curving towards pronotal lobe; head and mesosoma with regular impressed punctures; Gt 1 and Gt 3 immaculate.

Description. Female. ( Figs 1–8 ). Body length 12.31–12.54 mm; fore wing 7.32–7.55 mm.

Median lobe of clypeus sharply indented into narrow semi-circle, no lateral denticles ( Fig. 4 ); IOC distinct, raised ( Fig. 3 ); POD 0.7 × OOD ( Fig. 2 ); black with following parts variously coloured: scape yellow; pedicel, fu 1 and fu 2 apically yellowish orange tending to brown in some specimens; mandible yellow with base and apex black; pronotal collar with anterior yellow patch; pronotal lobe yellow; axilla with faint yellow marking; scutellum with two large yellow maculae ( Fig. 5 ); fore and hind femora brown with yellow apical spot, fore and mid tibiae yellow with brown streaks outside; hind tibia brown with yellow streaks ventrally; Gt 1 and Gt 3 immaculate; Gt 2 and Gt 4 with large macula laterally, Gt 5 with dorso-median yellow band ( Figs 7 & 8 ).

Male. ( Figs 9–14 ). Body length 8.46–8.90 mm; fore wing 3.81–3.95 mm.

Median lobe of clypeus produced, apical margin truncated ( Fig. 12 ); conspicuous longitudinal carina on clypeus; frons and vertex with dense, fairly marked punctation; IOC distinct ( Fig. 11 ); Gt 1 robust, short; mandible, axilla and scutellum black ( Fig. 13 ); fore and mid femora brown with apical yellow spot, fore and mid tibiae yellow with ventral brown streak not extending till apex; hind femur brown with faint yellow spot apically; hind tibia brown, yellow ventrally; Gt 1 and Gt 3 immaculate; Gt 2 and Gt 4 each with large yellow macula laterally; Gt 5 with dorso-median yellow band ( Fig. 14 ).

Distribution. India: Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka (new state record), Kerala (new state record), Meghalaya, Mizoram (new state record), Nagaland (new state record), Odisha (new state record), Sikkim, Tamil Nadu (new state record), Tripura (new state record), Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Australia; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam ( Pulawski 2021).

Materials Examined: India: Karnataka: 1 ♀ Shimoga dt., Hossagadai , 29.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16470 ; Kerala: 1 ♀ Kannur dt., Manathana paddy field, 21.xi.2017, Coll. T. Biju, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16472; 1 ♀ Kozhikode dt., Chethukadavu , 08.xi.2017, Coll. GSDP Scholars, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16471; 1 ♀ Kozhikode dt., Elathur , 30.vii.2019, Coll. C. Binoy, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16469; 1♀ Kollam dt., Sasthamkota, West Kallada , 26.ix.2017, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16462; 1 ♀ Kozhikode, IIM K, Kunnamangalam , 26.v.2015, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16460; 1 ♀ Kozhikode dt., Kinalur , 27.iii.2019, Coll. C. Binoy, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16467 ; Mizoram: 1 ♂ Aizwal dt., Aibawk , 22.ix.1993, Coll. A. R. Lahiri & party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16457 ; Nagaland: 1♀ Nagaland: Mokokchung dt., Changki , 20.ix.1994, Coll. B. Mitra & party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16458 ; Odisha: 1 ♀ Ganjam dt., Chilka lake side, 10.ii.2017, Coll. S. Sheela, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16461 ; Tamil Nadu: 1 ♂ Chennai dt., Velachery , 29.iv.2019, Coll. S. Anagha, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16473; 1 ♀ Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Thenkasi dt., Ukkonam , 27.viii.2019, Coll. B. H. C. K. Murthy & party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/ INV.16468; 1 ♀ Coimbatore dt., Anaikatty, SACON, 28.xii.2018, P. M. Sureshan & party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16463; 2 ♀ Coimbatore dt., Valparai, TATA Sports Club , 01.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16464 & 16465; 1 ♀ Coimbatore dt., Sadivayal, nr. Siruvani , 05.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16466 ; Tripura: 1 ♀ Dhalai dt., Ambassa , 24-26.v.1978, Coll. J. K. Jonathan & party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16455; 1 ♀, 1 ♂ North Tripura dt., Dharmanagar , 01.vi.1978, Coll. J. K. Jonathan & party, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16456 & 16513 ; Uttar Pradesh: 1 ♀ Prayagraj dt., Naini , 01.iv.2006, Coll. S. Sheela & party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16459 .

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Dasyproctus agilis (Smith) ♀. 1. Habitus, lateral view; 2. Head, dorsal view; 3. Head, frontal view; 4. Clypeus; 5. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 6. Mesosoma, lateral view; 7. Gt1 & Gt2, dorsal view; 8. Metasoma, lateral view.

FIGURES 9–14. Dasyproctus agilis (Smith) ♂. 9. Habitus, lateral view; 10. Head, dorsal view; 11. Head, frontal view; 12. Clypeus; 13. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 14. Metasoma, lateral view.