Anterhynchium abdominale ( Illiger, 1802 )

Sheikh, Altaf Hussain, Kumar, P. Girish, Thomas, Moni & Bhandari, Rita, 2017, Taxonomic studies on Vespid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae) of Dumna Nature Park, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3), pp. 198-198 : 198-

12. Anterhynchium abdominale ( Illiger, 1802)

Diagnosis: Clypeus with weak punctures, from middle of clypeus to apex with few irregular longitudinal striations; narrow basal part of S1 smooth; gastral tergites only finely punctate at base; basal two thirds of T2 very finely and shallowly punctate, interspaces everywhere much larger than punctures; mandibles of male deeply emarginate on inner side near middle.

12a). Anterhynchium abdominale abdominale ( Illiger, 1802)

1802. Vespa abdominalis Illiger , 192. Type: “ Bengalen ” (? ZMB) .

1963. Anterhynchium abdominale ; van der Vecht, 75, figure 5e.

Colour Description: Female: Head and mesosoma black; metasoma dull orange-red with variegated black markings as follows: basal segment with transverse black apical band, T2 with or without transverse black spot in middle of its apical margin, remaining segments usually orange-red except last segment black, gastral sternites usually orange-red with varying degree of black colour except last segment entirely black. Brown colouration as follows: ventral side of antenna and tarsal segments (sometimes black). Wings dark fuscous with purple reflections.

Size (H+M+T1+T2): 12-14.5 mm.

Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park , 6♀, 11.viii.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.

Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh (new record), Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam.

12b). Anterhynchium abdominale bengalense (de Saussure, 1852)

1855. Rhynchium bengalense de Saussure , 176. Type: “Le Bengale” (MP).

1963. Anterhynchium abdominale bengalense ; van der Vecht, 76.

Colour Description: Female: Body black. Wings dark fuscous with violet reflections.

Size (H+M+T1+T2): 13-14 mm.

Male: Body black (sometimes ventral side of antenna, apical tarsal segments and lateral sides of tergites reddish brown except last segment). Clypeus almost entirely yellow with lateral and apical margins black and scape in front yellow. Wings dark fuscous with violet reflections.

Size (H+M+T1+T2): 11-11.5 mm.

Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park , 2♀ & 2♂, 11.viii.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.

Distribution: India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh (new record), Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Nepal.