Dolichurus amamiensis Tsuneki and Iida 1964
Creators: name: Anagha, S.
name: Kumar, P. Girish
name: Sureshan, P. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ampulicidae
Dolichurus
Dolichurus amamiensis

description: Dolichurus amamiensis Tsuneki and Iida, 1964
(Figs. 25–26)
Dolichurus amamiensis Tsuneki and Iida 1964: 41, ♀. Holotype: ♀, Japan: Amami Oshima Island: Koniya (USNM).
Dolichurus puliensis Tsuneki 1967: 10, ♂. Holotype: ♂, Taiwan: Nantou Prefecture: Puli (USNM). Synonymized with Doli-churus amamiensis by Tano and Tsuneki 1970: 40.
Diagnosis. FEMALE. BL 8 mm; frons with delicate longitudinal rugulae, upper frons and vertex with sparse punctation; clypeus with weak median carina on basal half; black macrosetae at normal positions of clypeus, frons, pro-notum, and scutellum; frontal platform with apex having greatest width twice the upper width; pronotal collar with distinct transverse anterior bordering carina (Fig. 31); mesopleuron rugulose reticulate with indistinct sternaulus.
MALE. BL 3.8 mm; most of frons delicately rugulose reticulate; vertex with scattered small punctures; clypeus with a distinct median carina ending in a small apical tooth; frontal platform slightly longer than broad; pronotal collar with transverse anterior bordering carina; mesopleuron rugulose reticulate with indistinct sternaulus.
Material examined. INDIA: Daman & Diu, Daman district, Nani, 2 ♀, 21.i.2018, Coll. K. Rajmohana and Party, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13168 and 13822. Karnataka, Chickmagalur district, Bygoor, Kabbinahalli Coffee es-tate, 1 ♂ and 1 ♀, 26.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13574-13575; Kerala, Kozhikode district, Purameri, 2 ♂, 22.ix.2018 and 5.i.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12578 and 12583; Thrissur district, Elanad, 1 ♂, 24.xii.2018, Coll. N.V. Ayisha Mawadda, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12579; Kozhikode district, Kovoor, 1 ♂, 19.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12580; Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Neyyar dam site, 4 ♂ and 1 ♀, 16.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12584, 12656 and 13550–13552; Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kottur, 2 ♂, 16.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Ku-mar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12585 and 12586; Kollam district, Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, 1 ♂, 23.i.2019, Coll. Md. Jafer Palot and Party, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12587; Kozhikode district, Madappally, 2 ♂, 25.i.2019, Coll. K. Anju, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12588 and 12589; Kozhikode district, Janakikadu, 1 ♂ and 1 ♀, 1.ii.2019, Coll. K. Anju, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12590 and 12591; Kozhikode district, Chengottukavu, 2 ♂, 1.ii.2019, Coll. C. Binoy, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12592 and 12593; Kottayam district, Cherupunkal, 1 ♂, 1.ii.2019, Coll. Tessy Rajan, ZSI/ WGRC/I.R.–INV.12595, Kozhikode district, Payanthong, 5 ♂ and 3 ♀, 22.iv.2019 and 26.vi.2019, Coll. K.P. Hani-ma Raveendran, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12596, 12597 and 13557–13562; Kozhikode district, Moorad, 5 ♂ and 3 ♂, 18.iv.2019, Coll. S. Anagha, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12598–12602 and 13631–13633; Kannur district, Kannapuram, 5 ♂, 5.v.2019 and 18.v.2019, Coll. C. Charesh, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12604–12607 and 12610; Kozhikode district, Edakkara, 2 ♂, 7.v.2019, Coll. P.M. Sureshan and Party, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12608 and 12609; Kozhikode dis-trict, Edakkara, 2 ♂, 17.v.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12611 and 12616; Malap-puram district, Nilambur, Balankulam, 1 ♀, 8.xii.2018, Coll. C. Charesh, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV. 12654; Kozhikode district, Jaferkhan Colony, 1 ♂, 16.iv.2019, Coll. Tessy Rajan, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12658; Kozhikode district, Madappally, 4 ♂ and 5 ♀, 16.v.2019, Coll. S. Anagha, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12660 and13814-13821; Kozhikode district, Peruvannamuzhi, 3 ♂ and 1 ♀, 20.v.2019, Coll. K. Anju, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13553–13555; Kannur district, Thekkumbad dweep, 1 ♂, 19.v.2019, Coll. C. Charesh, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13556; Kozhikode district, Calicut University Botanical garden, 3 ♂, 20.xii.2019, Coll. S. Anagha, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13578–13580. Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Sadivayal, Siruvani, 1 ♀, 5.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12655; Coimbatore district, Kottur, 2 ♂, 2.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12581 and 12582; Chennai district, Velachery, 2 ♂, 16.ii.2019 and 29.iv.2019, Coll. S. Anagha, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12594 and 12603; Thirunelveli district, Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kuthiravetti, 1 ♂ and 1 ♀, 24.viii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13566 and 13567. Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus, 2 ♀, 15-18.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV. 13563 and 13564.
Distribution. India: Daman (new union territory record), Goa, Karnataka (new state record), Kerala, Tamil Nadu (new state record), Uttarakhand (new state record). Elsewhere: China; Japan; Malaysia; Philippines; Sri Lan-ka; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam (Girish Kumar & Sheikh 2018).
description: Published as part of Anagha, S., Kumar, P. Girish & Sureshan, P. M., 2020, Additions to the knowledge of the genus Dolichurus Latreille (Hymenoptera Ampulicidae) from India with the description of two new species, pp. 121-134 in Zootaxa 4821 (1) on pages 128-129, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4821.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/4398302