Rhopalum (Latrorhopalum) nursei, Jacobs, 2016

Jacobs, Hans-Joachim, 2016, Rhopalum (Lathroropalum) creutzburgi spec. nov. from Nepal (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (1), pp. 139-144 : 141

Rhopalum (Latrorhopalum) nursei nom. nov.

NURSE (1902) as Crabro petiolatus : North India (Shimla). – LECLERCQ (1955): as Rhopalum (Latrorhopalum) petiolatum (figure of antenna and marginal cell). – LECLERCQ (2011) as Rhopalum petiolatum : description lectotype .

New name for Crabro petiolatus NURSE, 1902 nec Crabro petiolatus PANZER, 1797 , a synonym of Mellinus crabroneus (THUNBERG, 1791) (see PULAWSKI 2016).

: Black. Pronotal lobe and base of scape yellow. Front edges of pronotum acuminate. Apical margin of clypeus weakly produced, without teeth. Antenna without special features (Fig. 10). Submarginal cell conspicuously short (Fig. 9). Body length 7 mm. Only types known from north India (Shimla, 31.105° N 77.173° E) .

NURSE (1902) described the species based on males and females, but there is no indication of the number of specimens. The relatively short description contains no differences between the sexes. LECLERCQ (2011) designated a female as lectotype. The figures in the paper of LECLERCQ (1955) contain no indication of the sex. Maybe it was a female (see LECLERCQ 2011). The other figures published by LECLERCQ (1955) are definitely of males. In the papers ( LECLERCQ 1955, 2011) is no reference to a male. Maybe it is the unknown female of Rhopalum iridescens (see LECLERCQ 2011).

KOHL (1915): Japan (Kofou). – TSUNEKI (1952): Japan (Kyoto, Nagano, Fukushima, Tochigi, Shikoku, Sapporo, Jozankei, Sounkyo), Sakhalin (Tarandomari), Kurile Islands (Horomuchiro). – MARSHAKOV (1976): key, Chitinskaya oblast, Sakhalin (Novoaleksandrovsk), Kurile Islands (Kunashir). – NEMKOV (1995): key, South Khabarovsk, Primorsky krai, Sakhalin, Kurile