Xenorhynchium nitidulum ( Fabricius, 1798 )

Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, P. Girish, Gupta, Ankita & Sureshan, P. M., 2019, Checklist of vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Goa, India, with new records and a key to species, Zootaxa 4585 (2), pp. 269-294 : 278-279

22) Xenorhynchium nitidulum ( Fabricius, 1798)

( Figs 43 & 44 )

Uespa nitidula Fabricius, 1798: 262, Syntype: India Orientalis (ZMUK).

Material examined: INDIA: Goa: Sattari, Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary, Surla Plateau , 5-12. v.2017, 5 ♀, coll. Sandesh M. Gawas.

Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa (new record), Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh,

Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Global : Bangladesh; Myanmar; Pakistan. ( Pannure et al. 2016).

FIGURES 37–42. Habitus. ♀, 37–38, Rhynchium brunneum ; ♀, 39–40, Stenodyneriellus praeclusus ; ♂, 41–42, Subancistrocerus sichelii .

Figures

FIGURES 43–48. Habitus. ♀, 43–44, Xenorhynchium nitidulum; ♀, 45–46, Polistes (Polistella) nigritarsis; ♀, 47–48, Polistes (Polistella) stigma tumulus.