Antepipona guttata diffinis (de Saussure, 1855)

Kumar, Girish P., Carpenter, James M. & Sureshan, Pavittu M., 2016, A taxonomic review of the genus Antepipona de Saussure, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from India, Zootaxa 4150 (5), pp. 501-536 : 516

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Antepipona guttata diffinis (de Saussure, 1855)
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10a. Antepipona guttata diffinis (de Saussure, 1855) View in CoL

Odynerus diffinis de Saussure 1855: 274 View in CoL , pl. XIV fig 2, ♀ (in subgenus Odynerus View in CoL division Epsilon View in CoL ), “Les Indes Orientales” (BMNH); Smith 1857: 59 (cat., “ India ”); de Saussure 1867: 14 (in subgenus Leionotus View in CoL division Epsilon View in CoL ; Ƌ; China); Smith 1871: 376 (cat.); Dalla Torre 1894: 64 (cat.); Bingham 1897: 362 (key), 366, fig 106 (Sikkim; Bengal; Burma); Rothney 1903: 107 (Bengal, rare); Dalla Torre 1904: 43 (in subgenus Lionotus ; Malaya; Sumatra); von Schulthess 1914: 266; Dover & Rao 1922: 240 (Dhikala, Garhwal District); Dover 1925: 298 (not specifically different from Odynerus guttatus (Smith)) View in CoL ; Dusmet 1930: 104 ( India: Khandala and Borivli; notes on variation); Giordani Soika 1941: 263 (in subgenus Rhynchium View in CoL ; type examined; Odynerus rufescens Smith is a variety).

Antepipona guttata diffinis: Giordani Soika 1982: 205 View in CoL , 210 (key), 212, figs 1–2; Lambert 2004: 558 (key); Nugroho et al. 2012: 80 (list).

Distribution. India: Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal; China; Malaysia; Myanmar; Indonesia: Sumatra.

Remarks. Giordani Soika, 1982, opined that most of the identifications by various workers, and probably all, really belong to A. rufescens (Smith) . No material was available for our studies; hence the description was taken from Giordani Soika, 1982.

Bingham, C. T. (1897) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Hymenoptera, I. Wasps and Bees. Taylor and Francis, London, 579 pp. + i - xxix.

Dalla Torre, K. W. von. (1894) Catalogus Hymenopterorum 9, Vespidae (Diploptera). Leipzig, 181 pp.

Dalla Torre, K. W. von. (1904) Vespidae, Genera Insectorum, 19, 1 - 108.

Dover, C. & Rao, H. S. (1922) A note on the Diplopterous Wasps in the Collection of the Indian Museum. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, new series, 18, 235 - 249.

Dover, C. (1925) Further notes on the Indian Diplopterous wasps. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, new series, 22, 289 - 305.

Dusmet, J. M. (1930) Himenopteros de la India inglesa cazados por el P. Ignacio Sala de Castellarnau, S. J. I. Serie. Vespidos e Eumenidos. Boletfn de la Sociedad Entomologica de Espafia, 13 (6 - 8), 99 - 107.

Giordani Soika, A. (1941) Studi sui Vespidi Solitari. Bollettino della Societa Veneziana Storia Naturale, 2 (3), 130 - 279.

Giordani Soika, A. (1982 [ 1981 ]) Revisione delle specie orientali del genere Antepipona Sauss. Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia, 32, 205 - 257.

Lambert, K. (2004) Two new species and a new subspecies of Antepipona Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from India with a key to species. In: Rajmohana, K., Sudheer, K., Kumar, P. G. & Santhosh, S. (Eds.), Perspectives on Biosystematics and Biodiversity, Prof. T. C. Narendran Commemoration Volume. SERSA, Kerala, pp. 553 - 566.

Nugroho, H., Kojima, J. & Carpenter, J. M. (2012 [ 2011 ]) Checklist of vespid species (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae) occurring in Indonesian Archipelago. Treubia, 38, 71 - 186.

Rothney, G. A. J. (1903) The aculeate Hymenoptera of Barrackpore, Bengal. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 93 - 116. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1903. tb 01128. x

Saussure, H. de. (1867) Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den jahren 1857, 1858, 1859., Zool. Teil, 2 Band 1. Abteil A. 2. Hymenoptera. Wein, 142 pp.

Schulthess, R. A. von. (1914) Vespidae aus Ceylon, Malacca, Java and Sumatra. Zoologische Jahrbucher Systematik, 37, 253 - 266.

Smith, F. (1857) Catalogue of Hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part V, Vespidae. 5. London, 147 pp.

Smith, F. (1871) A catalogue of the Aculeate Hymenoptera and Ichneumonidae of India and eastern Archipelago, with introductory remarks by A. R. Wallace. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, 11, 285 - 415. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1871. tb 01662. x

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Eumenidae

Genus

Antepipona