Rhynchium brunneum brunneum ( Fabricius, 1793 )

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 : 342-343

16. Rhynchium brunneum brunneum ( Fabricius, 1793) (Fig. 16)

1793. Vespa brunnea Fabricius , 264. Syntype: sex not mentioned, “ Tranquebariae , India ( HMUG)” .

1808. Rhynchium brunneum ; Spinola, 189.

Material examined: INDIA: Kerala, Kannur district, Thalassery mangroves, Koduvally , 1 ♀, 14.vi.2016, Coll. K. Sruthi, ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.-INV.6974 ; INDIA: Kerala, Kuyyali , 1 ♀, 22.vi.2016, Coll. K. Sruthi, ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.- INV.6975 ; INDIA: Kerala, Kuyyali , 1 ♂, 22.vii.2016, Coll. K. Sruthi, ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.-INV.7263 .

Diagnosis: Clypeus strongly convex, pyriform, apical third with broad medial vertical groove, extreme apex truncate, apex of truncated portion slightly incised, with moderately deep punctures, larger punctures on middle and smaller on sides; punctures on tergites large and dense; frons closely, strongly and rugosely punctured, diameters of punctures greater than distance between punctures; mesoscutum posteriorly and scutellum almost impunctate with few sparse punctures on posterior sides.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; China; Guam, Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Malaysia; Marquesas Island; Myanmar; Nepal; New Britain; Pakistan; Palau; Seychelles; Society Islands; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam ( Girish Kumar & Sharma, 2015).