cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Sinotilla Lelej 1995
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Sinotilla

description: Key to the males of Sinotilla with a weak ventral lobe on the mandible
1. Clypeus with a pair of subapical rounded tubercles; T2 abruptly convex.......................................... 2
- Clypeus without subapical tubercles; T2 evenly convex....................................................... 4
2. Tegula projecting posteriorly, reaching half of scutellum; metasoma without bluish metallic luster; apical pale fringes on T1–T3 dense............................................................................................... 3
- Tegula weakly projecting postero-laterally, slightly protruding beyond mesoscuto-scutellar articulation; metasoma with distinct bluish metallic luster; apical pale fringes on T1–T3 sparse; species from Okinawa-jima Is., Japan ........ Si. jambar sp. nov.
3. Mesosoma black except pronotum and mesoscutum yellowish red; species from Taiwan ......... Si. serpa serpa (Zavattari)
- Mesosoma yellowish red, including scutellum and metanotum, propodeum and mesopleuron black; species from China mainland........................................................................... Si. serpa columnata (Chen)
4. Mesosoma more or less yellowish red; metasoma black; POL/OOL 0.5–0.8....................................... 5
- Mesosoma black; metasoma with T1–T2 and S1–S2 yellowish red; POL/OOL = 0.68–0.75.............. Si. trisecta (Chen)
5. POL/OOL = 0.8; species from China mainland.................................................... Si. hong Lelej
- POL/OOL = 0.50–0.65; species from Malaysia and Indonesia ................................. Si. runcina (Zavattari)
description: Published as part of Okayasu, Juriya, 2020, Velvet ants of the tribe Smicromyrmini Bischoff (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Japan, pp. 1-110 in Zootaxa 4723 (1) on page 89, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4723.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3612824
Trogaspidiini Bischoff 1920
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Mutillidae

description: Tribe Trogaspidiini Bischoff, 1920
(Figs 48–49)
Trogaspidiini Bischoff, 1920: 23.
Timullini Schuster, 1947: 700; Krombein 1972: 1. Synonymized by Brothers (1975).
Trogaspidinae: Invrea 1964: 140.
Petersenidiina Lelej, 1996: 6. Synonymized by Brothers & Lelej (2017).
Petersenidiini: Lelej & Nemkov 1997: 18.
Diagnosis. MALE. Eye without setae; inner margin deeply notched. F1 as long as or longer than F2. Scutellum without postero-lateral denticle. Wing venations not reaching its apex; distance between origin of RS on vein Sc and base of stigmatic cell nearly equal to stigmatic cell length; hind wing without anal lobe. Claws without inner denticles. Metasomal segment 1 narrow; segment 2 with lateral felt line on T and sometimes on S; S8 not reduced, plate-like; genitalia with symmetrical or asymmetrical penis valves. FEMALE. Head not enlarged; eye oval, slightly protruding from head capsule, without setae. Maxillary palpus six segmented; labial palpus four segmented. Mesosoma widest at pronotum or propodeum; mesopleuron concave; mesopleural suture ending at pronotal spiracle; dorsum of propodeum without row of denticles. Claws without inner denticles. T1 much narrower than T2, not petiolate; T2 usually with a pair of basal spots of pale setae, rarely without any spots.
Genera included. (39 genera and six subgenera). See Brothers & Lelej (2017). The genera Eotrogaspidia Lelej, 1996, Neotrogaspidia Lelej, 1996 and Petersenidia Lelej, 1992 are known from Japan.
Distribution. Afrotropical, Palaearctic and Oriental region (Lelej 2007).
description: Published as part of Okayasu, Juriya, 2020, Velvet ants of the tribe Smicromyrmini Bischoff (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Japan, pp. 1-110 in Zootaxa 4723 (1) on page 93, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4723.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3612824
Trogaspidiini Bischoff 1920
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Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mutillidae

description: Key to the genera of Trogaspidiini of Japan
1. Male: head with ocelli; flagellum 11 segmented; alate........................................................ 2 - Female: head without ocelli; flagellum 10 segmented; apterous................................................. 4 2. Scutellum with median tubercle or impunctate line; penis valves asymmetrical..................................... 3 - Scutellum without median carina, tooth, tubercle or impunctate line; penis valves symmetrical.......... Petersenidia Lelej 3. Scutellum with median tubercle; metacoxa flattened with dense very short erect pale setae............ Eotrogaspidia Lelej - Scutellum with median impunctate line; metacoxa evenly convex with sparse long recumbent pale setae Neotrogaspidia Lelej 4. Lateral margins of mesosoma divergent posteriorly, widest at propodeum; procoxa ventrally with rounded tubercle; pygidial area rugose basally and micro-granulose or polished apically................................................... 5
- Propodeal width equal to pronotal width; procoxa without tubercle; pygidial are unsculptured, polished... Petersenidia Lelej
5. Distance between setal spots on T2 0.3 times as spot diameter................................... Eotrogaspidia Lelej
- Distance between setal spots on T2 1.0–2.0 times as spot diameter.............................. Neotrogaspidia Lelej
description: Published as part of Okayasu, Juriya, 2020, Velvet ants of the tribe Smicromyrmini Bischoff (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Japan, pp. 1-110 in Zootaxa 4723 (1) on pages 93-94, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4723.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3612824
Neotrogaspidia Lelej 1996
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Neotrogaspidia

description: Genus Neotrogaspidia Lelej, 1996
(Figs 48–49)
Neotrogaspidia Lelej, 1996a: 20, ♂ ♀.
Type species: Mutilla pustulata Smith, 1873, by original designation.
Diagnosis. MALE. Hypostomal carina without denticle. Mandible without subbasal inner denticle; ventral margin excised into large basal tooth. Scape with a pair of longitudinal carina developed only apically. F1 compressed. Scutellum weakly convex with median smooth line. Meso- and metacoxa evenly convex with sparse long recumbent setae. T1 wider than long; S2 evenly convex without lateral felt line; S8 with strong lateral carina. Volsellar digitus straight, large, rod-like; penis valves weakly asymmetrical. FEMALE. Mesosoma divergent posteriorly, widest at propodeum; scutellar scale present. T2 with two basal spots of pale setae but without apical fringe or band of pale setae; T3 with complete or medially interrupted band of pale setae; T6 with distinct flattened pygidial area; surface of pygidial area irregularly rugose in basal half and unsculptured in apical half, or granulate throughout.
Distribution. Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Lelej 2007).
Comparison. The female of this genus is similar to that of Eotrogaspidia in having the mesosoma widest at the propodeum and the pygidial area irregularly rugose in the basal half, but differs in having the distance between the setal spots on T2 1.0–2.0 × spot diameter (0.3 × spot diameter in Eotrogaspidia).
Remarks. Only one species, Neotrogaspidia pustulata (Smith, 1873) is known from Japan.
description: Published as part of Okayasu, Juriya, 2020, Velvet ants of the tribe Smicromyrmini Bischoff (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Japan, pp. 1-110 in Zootaxa 4723 (1) on pages 94-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4723.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3612824
Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii Cameron 1900
Creators: name: Sheikh, Altaf Hussain
name: Kumar, P. Girish
name: Thomas, Moni
name: Bhandari, Rita
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Year: 2017
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Polistes
Polistes wattii

description: 1. Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii Cameron, 1900
1900. Polistes wattii Cameron, 416. Type: Female, West Bengal (BMNH).
1996. Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii; Carpenter, 9.
Diagnosis: Female: Occipital carina complete; dorsal and ventral metapleuron impunctate; striations on propodeum weak, not distinct near lower margin of side.
Colour description: Almost uniform yellow colour; hind tibia above usually black; narrow transverse reddish brown line on T1 after middle, T2 to T5 and S2 to S5 with bisinuate reddish brown line.
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 12.5-13.5 mm.
Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park, 4♀, 10.iv.2014 & 18.ix.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.
Distribution: India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan, China, Iran, Iraq, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 198 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3) on page 198, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330, http://zenodo.org/record/10987693
Polistes (Polistella) stigma tamulus (Fabricius 1798
Creators: name: Sheikh, Altaf Hussain
name: Kumar, P. Girish
name: Thomas, Moni
name: Bhandari, Rita
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Polistes
Polistes stigma

description: 2. Polistes (Polistella) stigma tamulus (Fabricius, 1798)
1798. Vespa tamula Fabricius, 263. Type Female, “in India Orientali, Dom Daldorff ” (ZMUK).
1996. Polistes (Polistella) stigma tamulus; Carpenter, 16.
Diagnosis: Female: S1 without distinct margin at base; T1 about as long as wide; median groove of propodeum shallow, with close fine transverse striations; forewing with subapical fuscous cloud.
Colour Description: Body predominantly reddish with some black markings and following yellow markings: clypeus, mandible, broad line along inner orbit up to lower half of ocular sinus, line on temple bordering eye margin, malar space, basal and apical margin of pronotum narrowly, line on scutellum at base, another on metanotum at base, mark on subtegular area, elongated mark on mesepisternum at top and another in middle of apical-lateral margin in front of metapleuron, raised ventral margin of mesepisternum and ventral metapleuron each, mark on dorsal metapleuron, two lines on mesosternum, two broad curved marks on propodeum, apical valvula entirely, fore coxa in front entirely, marks on mid coxa in front and two lines on hind coxa below, T1 except broad reddish mark at base, apical broad band on T3 and S3, fourth gastral segment almost entire
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 14.5 mm.
Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park, 6♀, 18.ix.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.
Distribution: India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh (new record), Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 198 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3) on page 198, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330, http://zenodo.org/record/10987693
Polistes (Polistella) strigosus subsp. strigosus Bequaert 1940
Creators: name: Sheikh, Altaf Hussain
name: Kumar, P. Girish
name: Thomas, Moni
name: Bhandari, Rita
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Polistes
Polistes strigosus
Polistes (polistella) strigosus strigosus bequaert, 1940

description: 3. Polistes (Polistella) strigosus strigosus Bequaert, 1940
1940. Polistes strigosus Bequaert, 269-272. Holotype Female, China: Wong-Sa-Shui (MCZ).
1983. Polistes (Polistella) strigosus strigosus; Das & Gupta, 415.
Diagnosis: Female: Pronotum ribbed; head narrower than mesosoma; forewing without subapical fuscous cloud; median groove of propodeum deep, with strong transverse striations; S1with distinct margin at base.
Colour Description: Body almost entirely and uniformly ferruginous, with ocellar region, flagellum above and some sutures of head and mesosoma black; T2 almost entirely yellow; wings yellowish, paler apically.
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 14.5 mm.
Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park, 2♀, 29.iv.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.
Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh (new record). Elsewhere: China, Taiwan.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 198 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3) on page 198, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330, http://zenodo.org/record/10987693
Ropalidia brevita Das & Gupta 1989
Creators: name: Sheikh, Altaf Hussain
name: Kumar, P. Girish
name: Thomas, Moni
name: Bhandari, Rita
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Ropalidia
Ropalidia brevita

description: 4. Ropalidia brevita Das & Gupta, 1989
1989. Ropalidia (Anthreneida) brevita Das & Gupta, 121. Holotype Male, Delhi: University ridge (NZC).
2007. Ropalidia brevita; Kojima et al., 380.
Diagnosis: Female: T1 proportionally wider with its maximum width in dorsal view nearly half as wide as that of T2; propodeum with paired, longitudinal basal carinae, with weak transverse striation and scattered shallow punctures between basal carinae; striations lateral to carinae weak; propodeal orifice very narrow.
Colour Description: Body red with following yellow portions: antennal scape below, band on clypeus at apex, mandible (except at tip), inner orbit below ocular sinus (sometimes faint), pronotum anteriorly, two marks on metanotum (sometimes fused), two enlarged marks on apical half of propodeum, faint mark on sides of mesosternum, fore and middle coxae in front, line on lateral side of hind coxa, tarsal segments of all legs (highly variable), narrow apical band on T1 and broad apical band on T2. In some portions black patches are mixed with reddish body. The extents of yellow and black markings are variable.
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 12 mm.
Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park, 4♀, 5.xi.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.
Distribution: India: Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh (new record), Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Pakistan.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 198 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3) on page 198, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330, http://zenodo.org/record/10987693
Ropalidia marginata
Creators: name: Sheikh, Altaf Hussain
name: Kumar, P. Girish
name: Thomas, Moni
name: Bhandari, Rita
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Ropalidia
Ropalidia marginata

description: 5. Ropalidia marginata (Lepeletier, 1836)
1836. Epipona marginata Lepeletier, 541. Type, “ Inde ” (? MRSN).
2007. Ropalidia marginata; Kojima et al., 380.
Diagnosis: Female: Head wider than mesosoma in front of tegulae; propodeum with paired, longitudinal basal carinae, with weak transverse striation and scattered shallow punctures between basal carinae; striation lateral to carinae weak; propodeal orifice very narrow; forewing with three cubital cells; epicnemium smooth.
Colour Description: Body reddish brown. Following parts with yellow markings: Mandible with large mark, apical margin of clypeus broadly, broad band along inner orbit up to ocular sinus, line on ventral side of scape, narrow line on basal margin of pronotum, two large marks on scutellum and metanotum, two marks on mesopleuron, two elongated marks on apical half of propodeum, fore coxa entirely in front, middle and hind coxa with lines (sometimes absent), T1 and T2 with apical narrow fascia. Wings yellowish hyaline, apical half of radial cell dark brown, stigma yellow.
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 11-12 mm.
Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park, 5♀, 16.x.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.
Distribution: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Australia, Bali, Bangka, Borneo, Java, Kariman Djawa, Lombok, Malay Peninsula, Mariana Islands, Myanmar, New Britain, New Guinea, Pakistan, Palau Islands, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Sumba, Sumbawa, Talud Islands, Tukang Besi Islands, Vietnam, Volcano Islands.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 198 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3) on page 198, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330, http://zenodo.org/record/10987693
Ropalidia jacobsoni
Creators: name: Sheikh, Altaf Hussain
name: Kumar, P. Girish
name: Thomas, Moni
name: Bhandari, Rita
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Ropalidia
Ropalidia jacobsoni

description: 6. Ropalidia jacobsoni (du Buysson, 1908)
1908. Icaria jacobsoni du Buysson, 123. Type: Female, Java: Djakarta (= Batavia) (NMNH).
2007. Ropalidia jacobsoni; Kojima et al., 386.
Diagnosis: Female: Median furrow of propodeum distinct; T 1 in lateral view with dorsal margin more strongly convex in posterior half, highest slightly posterior to level of posterior margin of sternum.
Colour Description: Body reddish brown with yellow and black markings. Yellow markings as follows: mandible except at tip and at base brown, clypeus except characteristic black mark, mark on inter antennal space, inner orbit up to ocular sinus broadly, ventral side of antenna, narrow line along pronotal carina, basal and lateral margin of scutellum broadly, two large marks on metanotum, small mark on the upper part of mesopleuron just below subtegular area, two broad marks on propodeum separated by broad black line along median groove, inner side of tegula, fore and mid coxae in front, line on hind coxa laterally, line below fore femur, small mark on middle femur laterally, narrow line on all tibiae above, fore and mid basi-tarsi above, T2 with large mark on each side at base and broad apical band on T2 and S2, become narrow towards middle on S2. Black markings as follows: mark on clypeus at base, supraclypeal area, large circular spot above each antennal socket, mark around each ocellus, occiput, basal area of anterior face of pronotum, margins of mesoscutum narrowly but apical margin towards scutellum broadly, narrow vertical line on scutellum up to one-third from base, propleuron, dorsal metapleuron, ventral metapleuron apically towards mesopleuron broadly, mesosternum, broad median line separating the yellow marks and basal and apical margin of propodeum narrowly. Wings transparent hyaline with apical half of radial cell brown, stigma yellow.
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 6.5 mm.
Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park, 1♀, 10.x.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.
Distribution: India: Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh (new record), Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangka, Java, Lombok, Myanmar, Sulawesi, Sumatra.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 198 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3) on page 198, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330, http://zenodo.org/record/10987693
Vespa auraria Smith 1852
Creators: name: Sheikh, Altaf Hussain
name: Kumar, P. Girish
name: Thomas, Moni
name: Bhandari, Rita
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Vespa
Vespa auraria

description: 7. Vespa auraria Smith, 1852
1852. Vespa auraria Smith, 46. Type: Female, “Northern India ” (BMNH).
Diagnosis: Male: Clypeus moderately convex, its apical third depressed and punctate; temple less than 1.8x as wide as eye; posterior ocelli less than 3x farther from occiput than from eye; interocular distance shorter than ocellocular distance.
Colour Description: Body black with following reddish brown markings: head, pronotal collar posteriorly, pronotum, tegula, scutellum, two lateral spots on metanotum and propleuron ventrally. Antenna reddish brown. Mandible concolorous with clypeus except at apex including teeth black. Mesoscutum black with U-shaped mark touching scutellum. Fore leg yellowish brown except inner basal corner of coxa, trochanter and basally in front of femur black. Mid and hind legs black except at apex of femur, apex of tibia and tarsi entirely yellowish brown to yellow. Bases of T1 and T2 brownish black, their margins and visible part of following segments yellowish brown. Base of S2 brownish black, their margins and visible part of following sternites yellowish brown. Wings brownish hyaline. Body covered with fine blackish erect hairs; metasoma with velvet appearance.
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 15 mm.
Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park, 1♂, 15.xi.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.
Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Yemen.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 198 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3) on page 198, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330, http://zenodo.org/record/10987693
Vespa orientalis Linnaeus 1771
Creators: name: Sheikh, Altaf Hussain
name: Kumar, P. Girish
name: Thomas, Moni
name: Bhandari, Rita
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Year: 2017
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Vespa
Vespa orientalis

description: 8. Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771
1771. Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 540. Holotype female, “Oriente” (LS).
Diagnosis: Sterile female: Clypeus rather flat and elongate, as wide as long or little longer, with scattered moderate sized punctures, in females apical margin emarginate with rounded lateral lobes. Hairs on head and thorax short, sparse, stiff and bristle- like; gaster almost hairless dorsally.
Colour Description: Body brown with clypeus, frons, scape ventrally, apical margin of T1 narrowly, T3 & T4 almost entirely, posterolateral corner of S2, S3 almost entirely and S4 partly yellow. T3 & T4 with blackish brown spot laterally. Yellow marks on T1 emarginate medially; T3 with median triangular blackish mark basally.
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 17- 22 mm.
Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park, 2♀, 28.x.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.
Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bahrain, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Malta, Nepal, Oman, Palestine, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, U.A.E., Uzbekistan, Yemen.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 198 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3) on page 198, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330, http://zenodo.org/record/10987693
Vespa tropica subsp. haematodes Bequaert 1936
Creators: name: Sheikh, Altaf Hussain
name: Kumar, P. Girish
name: Thomas, Moni
name: Bhandari, Rita
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Year: 2017
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Vespa
Vespa tropica
Vespa tropica haematodes bequaert, 1936

description: 9. Vespa tropica haematodes Bequaert, 1936
1936. Vespa tropica var. haematodes Bequaert, 336, 338. Holotype: Female, India: “Kooloo” (MCZ).
Diagnosis: Sterile female: Body rather large and thick, covered with strong and stiff hairs; clypeus coarsely punctate, apical margin hairy; apical margin of clypeus with broad margination, its apical-lateral angle triangular; lower vertical area of pronotum with strong transverse ridges near pronotal pit.
Colour Description: Head and antenna reddish brown; pronotum dorsally and scutellum reddish brown; mesoscutum anteriorly with two short reddish brown lines; legs partly reddish brown; gaster blackish brown to black except T2 yellow with slight brown area basally and S2 yellow with large brown area basally.
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 20.5 mm.
Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park, 1♀, 26.xi.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.
Distribution: India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh (new record), Odisha, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 198 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3) on page 198, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330, http://zenodo.org/record/10987693
Allorhynchium metallicum
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Allorhynchium
Allorhynchium metallicum

description: 10. Allorhynchium metallicum (de Saussure, 1852)
1852. Rygchium metallicum de Saussure, 114. Lectotype: Female, Bengal (MP).
1963. Allorhynchium metallicum; van der Vecht, 60 (list).
Diagnosis: Female: Median area of clypeus not strongly punctate, diameter of punctures almost equal or less than distance between punctures, interspaces not carinate; T1 and T2 with very small, sparse and very thin punctures except at lateral and apical portions strongly punctured.
Colour Description: Body entirely black except yellow line in between antennal toruli and inner eye margin; tarsal claws blackish brown; wings fusco-hyaline, broadly dark fuscous with purplish reflections along costal margin of forewing.
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 11 mm.
Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park, 1♀ & 2♂, 21.ix.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.
Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep Islands, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Indonesia (Borneo, Moluccas), Maldive Islands, Malaysia (Sarawak), Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 198 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3) on page 198, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330, http://zenodo.org/record/10987693
Antepipona ovalis
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Antepipona ovalis

description: 11. Antepipona ovalis (de Saussure, 1853)
1853. Odynerus ovalis de Saussure, 215. Type, “ Les Indes Orientales; Pondichery ” (MSNG).
1970. Antepipona ovalis; van der Vecht, 16, figures 1-2.
Diagnosis: Female: Clypeus very wide, weakly emarginated, with few small punctures; mesopleuron moderately punctate; metanotum with very small teeth, close to lateral metanotal margin; posterior side of propodeum without carinae; S2 not bulging at base.
Colour Description: Black, with apex of mandible, lower face of funicular segments and tarsal segments ferruginous. Yellow: base of mandible; clypeus; scape except black line on upper surface toward apex; quadrangular mark on lower half of front, base distinctly wider than apex; large stain on ocular sinus, which bulges out to lower frons, reaching up to clypeus; large stain on temple; broad band on dorsal surface of pronotum; broad mark on mesepisternum; scutellum except posterior margin; metanotum; two large spots on propodeum; tegula; parategula; front face of all coxae; fore and mid femora; hind femur posteriorly; all tibiae; T1 with large apical band, wider at middle, together with two large lateral spots; T2 with two large lateral spots at base, and it connecting to apical band, which greatly enlarged at middle and on sides; T3-T5 with comparatively narrow band, but strongly dilated at sides; round spot on T6; two broad spots at base of S2; large apical band, strongly enlarged at middle and sides on S2-S4. Wings slightly browned.
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 7 mm.
Male: Clypeus much wider than long, with large emargination at apex; last antennal article of medium size, slightly arched, rapidly narrowed from base to apex, which reaching to end of tenth article.
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 6 mm.
Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park, 3♀ & 1♂, 3.xii.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.
Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh (new record), Maharashtra, Odisha, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan, China, Sri Lanka.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 198 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3) on page 198, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330, http://zenodo.org/record/10987693
Anterhynchium abdominale
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Anterhynchium abdominale

description: 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.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 198 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3) on page 198, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330, http://zenodo.org/record/10987693
Delta conoideum
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Delta conoideum

description: 14. Delta conoideum (Gmelin, 1790)
1787. Vespa conica Fabricius, 293. Syntype: Female. China (BMNH).
2006. Delta conoideum; Gusenleitner, 694.
Diagnosis: Female: Head above antenna and mesosoma closely and lightly punctured; clypeus pyriform, its apex truncate; metasoma smooth and shining with surface minutely aciculate.
Colour Description: Head yellow except mandibles and antenna reddish, broad transverse band across apex between tops of eyes black, black mark extends behind vertex to occiput; thorax dark red with black patches on mesoscutum, metapleuron and median area of propodeum, propleuron entirely black; legs pale reddish; gaster dark red with base of T2 and short transverse medially interrupted band on its middle above black; forewing basally flavohyaline and apically fusco-hyaline, with slight purplish reflection.
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 23-26 mm.
Male: Last antennal article hooked apically, hook long, curved and pointed, in curved position it almost reaching apex of 9 th antennal article; S7 with deep median longitudinal groove; Male comparatively smaller and slighter than female. Other characters almost same as that of female.
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 17 mm.
Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park, 2♀ & 1♂, 9.ii.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.
Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Diu, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Arabia, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 198 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3) on page 198, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330, http://zenodo.org/record/10987693
Delta dimidiatipenne
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Delta dimidiatipenne

description: 15. Delta dimidiatipenne (de Saussure, 1852)
1852. Eumenes dimidiatipennis de Saussure, 51. Syntype: Female, Male, “Djidda(Arabie), les Indes Orientales, I’Egypte” (MP).
1961. Delta dimidiatipenne; Blüthgen, 279.
Diagnosis: Female: Clypeus smooth, its anterior margin concave at apex; frons and ocular sinus closely and strongly punctured; vertex and temple with minute punctures.
Colour Description: Head obscure dull red with following black markings: broad band on vertex including upper half of frons, vertical line to each antennal toruli, extending behind vertex to outer side of temple and to occiput; dorsal side of apical four segments of antenna. Mesosoma dull red with highly variable black patches as follows: mesoscutum usually entirely black except parategula; black margin on scutellum anteriorly; propleuron usually black; mesopleuron usually with large black area except dull red patch below tegula and another red mark at lower side near to mid coxa; metapleuron usually with large black area except red patch on upper metapleuron; median groove of propodeum sometimes black; metasoma dull red except following black markings: base of petiole, apical half of second tergite and sternite, whole of remaining tergites and sternites. Wings ferruginous with apical half of forewing fuscous having purple reflection.
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 21 mm.
Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park, 1♀, 23.iv.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.
Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh (new record), Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh. Elsewhere: Afghanistan, Africa, Algeria, Arabia, Canary Islands, Central Africa, Central Sahara, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Madagascar, Mauritania, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Palestine, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, Uganda, Yemen.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 198 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3) on page 198, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330, http://zenodo.org/record/10987693
Indodynerus capitatus Gusenleitner 2008
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Indodynerus capitatus

description: 18. Indodynerus capitatus Gusenleitner, 2008
2008. Indodynerus capitatus Gusenleitner, 1500, 1501. Holotype: Female, Karnataka: Sulyamedikeri (OLM).
Diagnosis: Female: Clypeus with very fine sparse punctures; epicnemial carina absent.
Colour Description: Body black with following white parts: transverse band at base of clypeus, thick band at inner margin of eye starting from base of clypeus up to ocular sinus, spot at interantennal space, mark on upper portion of temple, transverse band at middle of pronotum; T1 with broad and T2 with narrow transverse band at apex; S2 with small spot on postero-lateral corner. Mandible, tarsal spines and claws blackish brown. Wings dark with violaceous reflections.
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 11 mm.
Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park, 2♀, 25.x.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.
Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh (new record). Elsewhere: Pakistan.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 198 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3) on page 198, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330, http://zenodo.org/record/10987693
Rhynchium carnaticum
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Rhynchium carnaticum

description: 20. Rhynchium carnaticum (Fabricius, 1798)
1798. Vespa carnatica Fabricius, 261. Syntype, sex not mentioned, Tranquebariae (ZMUC).
1852. Rhynchium carnaticum; de Saussure, 112.
Diagnosis: Female:Mesoscutum posteriorly and scutellum almost impunctate with few sparse punctures on posterior sides; metanotum somewhat compressed medially; T2- T5 with very minute sparse and shiny punctures on ¾ area and S2-S4 with distinct punctures, diameter of most of punctures less than interspaces.
Colour Description: Body brownish red with following black marks: spot on interantennal space, vertical line on lower frons, around ocelli, occiput, triangular mark on mesoscutum in front, transverse line along its apex, lateral sides of propleuron, epicnemium, propodeum in middle, basal area of T1, at base of T2, in between S1 and S2, base of S3. Legs brownish red with variegated black markings. Wings yellowish hyaline, deeper and darker towards base; apical margin of forewing slightly infumated.
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 14.5 mm.
Male: Head 1.05x as wide as long in front view; mandible with teeth not strong as in female; interocular distance 1.24x greater on vertex than at clypeus; clypeus more elongate and apex between two teeth slightly emarginate, width 0.90x length medially; POL 1.53x OOL; occipital carina come close to eye at lower side; apical antennal article hook-like, almost reaching to apex of tenth article in curved position; mid femur basally emarginate; stiff and stout hairs forms spine-like structures at apical margin of S7; apical tip of aedeagus rounded, parallel spines elongate without hairs. Other characters almost same as in female.
Colour Description: Colour pattern almost same as that of female except clypeus, transverse band at lower frons and scape ventrally yellow. Inner eye margin yellow and extending towards frons, ocellar area, vertex and temple.
Size (H+M+T1+T2): 10 mm.
Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park, 1♀ & 1♂, 15.iii.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.
Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 198 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3) on page 198, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330, http://zenodo.org/record/10987693
Disparomitus citernii Navas 1915
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Disparomitus citernii

description: Disparomitus citernii Navás, 1915
(Figs 27–32, 109, 110)
Disparomitus citernii Navás, 1915: 19.
The holotype of Disparomitus citernii is badly damaged. Only the four wings and a small piece of cuticle from the base of the abdomen remain (Figs 27, 28). Given the vagueness of Navás’ description, it is not possible to characterize the species accurately. I tentatively include a male specimen from Ethiopia in this species whose state of conservation is better than that of the holotype but also does not permit a satisfactory description of the species (Figs 29–32).
Diagnosis. Wing length (mm): ♂ forewing 26–27, hind wing 21–23. The spines at base of abdomen are stout. The male genitalia of the best preserved specimen have an abnormal shape, probably as a consequence of distortion that has depressed the upper part of the parameres inside the gonarcus (Figs 109, 110).
Material examined (2 ♂♂). Holotype ♂ SOMALIA, Dolo (probably Doolow), 4.164175/42.079416, alt. 252 m, III-VII 1911, C. Citerni leg. (MSNG) (Fig. 27, 28). Additional material. SOMALIA: 1 ♂ Piana di Fungalango (not located, perhaps a location North of Jamaame, 0.06853/42.744257), III-IV 1923, Patrizi leg., det. Navás (MSNG) (Figs 29–32).
Distribution. Knonw from Somalia only (Fig. 139).
description: Published as part of Michel, Bruno, 2019, Revision of the genus Disparomitus van der Weele, 1909 with descriptions of four new species (Neuroptera, Ascalaphidae), pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4551 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2622492
Disparomitus horvathi van der Weele 1909
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Disparomitus horvathi

description: Disparomitus horvathi van der Weele, 1909 nomen dubium
Disparomitus horvathi van der Weele, 1909: 193. Fig. 143.
Disparomitus horwathi Navás, 1913: 95; Esben-Petersen, 1936: 199 (incorrect subsequent spelling).
Disparomitus horpathi Navás, 1914a: 366 (incorrect subsequent spelling).
The ♂ type specimen illustrated by van der Weele (1909), deposited in the Budapest Museum, was destroyed (Sziraki, pers. com.). The original description by van der Weele (1909) indicates that it is indeed a species belonging to the genus Disparomitus, but it is too inadequate to allow an accutate interpretation of its validity.
According to Tjeder & Hansson (1992), the four specimens identified as Disparomitus horvathi by Handschin & Markl (1955) belong to Brevibarbis angolana Tjeder & Hansson, 1992 (three specimens) and to Disparomitus transvaliensis (one specimen). No other specimens that can be determined as D. horvathi have been found.
Material examined. None
Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Luitpoldkette (series of hills East to Ikutha [-2.065162/ 38.176778]) in Kenya.
description: Published as part of Michel, Bruno, 2019, Revision of the genus Disparomitus van der Weele, 1909 with descriptions of four new species (Neuroptera, Ascalaphidae), pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4551 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2622492