Sceliphron madraspatanum pictum (F. Smith, 1856 )

Anagha, S., Kumar, P. Girish, Binoy, C., Mazumdar, P. C. & Sureshan, P. M., 2021, A review of the mud-dauber wasps of genus Sceliphron Klug (Hymenoptera Sphecidae) from India, Zootaxa 4969 (1), pp. 61-85 : 78

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).

Figures

FIGURES 51–55. Sceliphron madraspatanum pictum (F. Smith), ♀. 51. Habitus, lateral view; 52. Head, frontal view; 53. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 54. Mesosoma, lateral view; 55. Metasoma, dorsal view.