Dolichurus taprobanae Smith 1869

Anagha, S., Kumar, P. Girish & Sureshan, P. M., 2020, Additions to the knowledge of the genus Dolichurus Latreille (Hymenoptera Ampulicidae) from India with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 4821 (1), pp. 121-134 : 130-133

Dolichurus taprobanae Smith 1869

( Figs 28–29 )

Dolichurus taprobanae Smith 1869: 304 , ♂, actually ♀ ( Turner 1912: 365). Holotype: ♀, Sri Lanka: no specific locality (NHMUK).

Dolichurus bipunctatus Bingham 1896: 438 , ♂. Holotype: ♂. Burma: Pegu Hills (NHMUK). Synonymized with Dolichurus taprobanae by Krombein 1979: 14.

Dolichusus clavipes Cameron 1897: 18 , ♂, junior primary homonym of Dolichurus clavipes Dahlbom 1829 . Holotype: ♂, India: Bengal: Barrackpore 20 km N Calcutta (OXUM). Synonymized with Dolichurus taprobanae by Krombein 1979: 14.

Dolichurus reticulatus Cameron 1899: 56 , ♂. Holotype or syntypes: ♂, India: Assam: Khasia Hills (OXUM). Synonymized with Dolichurus bipunctatus by Turner 1912: 364.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. BL 7.1 mm; frons smooth with scattered punctures; clypeus with median longitudinal carina reaching apical margin; black macrosetae at normal positions of clypeus, frons, pronotum, and scutellum; pronotal collar with a few close transverse rugulae on anterior half; mesopleuron with subcontiguous punctures tending to coalesce in oblique rows.

MALE. BL 5.2 mm; frons with rugulose reticulations; vertex with scattered tiny punctures; clypeus with median carina reaching apical margin; fontal platform broader than long; pronotal collar with a few close transverse rugulae on anterior half; mesopleuron with scattered tiny punctures ( Fig. 31 ).

Material examined.

INDIA: Karnataka, Kodagu district, Betathur near Madikeri , 1 ♀, 24.xii.2019, Coll. P.

Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13573; Shimoga district , Hosagadde , 1 ♀, 29.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13635. Kerala, Kozhikode district, Purameri, 2 ♂ and 1 ♀, 15.xii.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13169 and 13823-13824; Kozhikode district, Madapally, 1 ♀, 5.1.2019, Coll. S. Anagha, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV. 13170; Kozhikode district , Madapally, 1♂, 13.xi.2019, Coll. K. Anju, ZSI/WGRC/ I.R.–INV.13435; Kasargod district ; Ranipuram, 1 ♀, 21.i.2020, Coll. S. Anagha, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13634. Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Govanur , 1 ♂ and 2 ♀, 6.i.2019. Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV. 13171 and 13825-13826. Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus, 1 ♀, 3.iii.2009, Coll. Rashmi and Aparna, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12779; Dehradun district , ZSI Campus , 1 ♂, 18.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/ I.R.–INV.13565.

Distribution. India: Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka (new state record), Kerala (new state record), Meghalaya, Nicobar Islands, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu (new state record), Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam ( Girish Kumar & Sheikh 2018).

Figures

FIGURES 24–29. 24. Dolichurus albifacies Krombein, ♀ Habitus, lateral view; 25. Dolichurus amamiensis Tsuneki and Iida, ♂ Habitus, lateral view; 26. Dolichurus amamiensis Tsuneki and Iida, ♀ Habitus, lateral view; 27. Dolichurus gilberti Turner, ♀ Habitus, lateral view; 28. Dolichurus taprobanae Smith, ♂ Habitus lateral view; 29. Dolichurus taprobanae Smith, ♀ Habitus lateral view.

FIGURES 30–36. 30. Dolichurus gilberti Turner, ♀ Metasoma; 31. Dolichurus amamiensis Tsuneki and Iida, ♀ Mesosoma; 32. Dolichurus albifacies Krombein, ♀ Clypeus; 33. Dolichurus aridulus Krombein, ♀ Head, frontal view; 34. Dolichurus lankensis Krombein, ♀ Head, frontal view; 35. Dolichurus taprobanae Smith, ♂ Mesopleuron; 36. Dolichurus aridulus Krombein, ♂, Mesopleuron.