Knemodynerus coriaceus (GIORDANI SOIKA, 1970)

Girish, Puthuvayi, M, James & Schwarz, Martin, 2019, Additions to the knowledge of Knemodynerus BLÜTHGEN (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from India with the description of a new species, Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 949-957 : 951

Knemodynerus coriaceus (GIORDANI SOIKA, 1970) ( Figs 13-18 )

Euodynerus coriaceus GIORDANI SOIKA, 1970 , 20/21: 160, ♀, ♂ (in subgenus Euodynerus) - "Belucistan: Deesa" [recte: India: Gujarat].

Knemodynerus coriaceus GIORDANI SOIKA, 1994 , 90: 259 (key), 268 ( India: Tuticorin, Gopkuda Island, Satpara, Coimbatore). Additional citation: GUSENLEITNER 2006, 38 (1): 691 ( India: Madurai).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: INDIA: Gujarat, Banaskantha district, Deesa, 1♀, 4.viii.1982, Coll. J. Muthukrishnan, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.11761. Tamil Nadu, Dindigul district , Palani , 1♂, 4.viii.1982, Coll. J. Muthukrishnan, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.11755 ; Thirunelveli district, Koothankulam Bird Sanctuary, 3♂ & 2♀, 27.ix.2018, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.11756–11760. Uttar Pradesh, Meerut district , Pratappur , 1♀, 21.v.1989, Coll. M.S. Shishodia & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.11762 ; Bijnor district, Nean Bamj , 1♂, 3.xi.2009, Coll. O.P. Srivastava & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.11763 ; Jhansi district, Badagaon, 1♀, 2.xi.2007, Coll. S.I. Kazmi & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.11764. West Bengal, Bankura district , Taldanga , 1♂, 24.ix.1987, Coll. M. Prasad & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.11765 .

D i s t r i b u t i o n: India: Gujarat, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh (new record), West Bengal (new record) ( GIORDANI SOIKA 1970 , 1994 ; GUSENLEITNER 2006) .

Figures

Figs 13-18: Knemodynerus coriaceus GIORDANI SOIKA; Figs 13-16 ♀: (13) habitus in lateral view; (14) head in frontal view; (15) head and mesosoma in dorsal view; (16) mesosoma in dorsal view. Figs 17-18: ♂ (17) habitus in dorsal view. (18) head in frontal view.