d. Sceliphron madraspatanum pictum (F. Smith, 1856)

(Figs. 51–55)

Pelopaeus pictus F. Smith, 1856: 231, ♂. Syntypes: India: no specific locality (OXUM).

Diagnosis. Female. Similar to S.madraspatanum madraspatanum (Fabricius) in general morphology and colouration except propodeal dorsum with large yellow marks, confluent with large yellow mark on apex; scutellum with large yellow spot (Fig. 53); distinct yellow mark below tegula (Fig. 54).

Male. Similar to female.

Material Examined. India: Rajasthan, Pali Dist., Thar desert, Bhandari, 1♀, 28.iii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.–INV. 14878; Jodhpur Dist., Thar desert, Kailana Lakeside, 1♂, 18.xi.2013, Coll. Gaurav Sharma and party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.–INV. 14879. Uttar Pradesh; Ghaziabad Dist., Salarpur Kalan, 1♀, 06.vi.1989, Coll. M.S. Shishodia and party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.–INV. 14880 .

Distribution. India: Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan (new state record), Uttar Pradesh (new state record), West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Iran; Oman; Pakistan; Qatar; Turkmenistan; United Arab Emirates (van der Vecht & van Breugel 1968; Gadallah 2020; Pulawski 2021).