Irenangelus punctipleuris Wahis, 2007

Binoy, C., Wahis, Raymond & Kumar, P. Girish, 2020, Review of the aberrant spider wasp genus Irenangelus Schulz (Pompilidae Ceropalinae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 4860 (2), pp. 257-266 : 262-264

Irenangelus punctipleuris Wahis, 2007

( Figs 13–22 )

Irenangelus punctipleuris Wahis, 2007 in Shimizu & Wahis 2007: 320 .

Type material. Holotype, ♀ —“ Philippines: Palawan, Balabac Bay , 07.x.1961, Coll. Noona Dan, Exp. 61-62” [ ZMUC], ZMUC00240391 .

Additional material examined: 1 ♀ India: Kerala, Kozhikode district, Kakkavayal (11°38’28.5”N & 76°07’52.9”E, 856 m), 03.xi.2018, Coll. S. Anagha [ ZSIK], Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.14858 .

Diagnosis. This species is clearly identifiable with antennal flagellum crenulate in profile with angular swelling ventrally ( Fig. 18 ); LID 0.8× UID; frons without interantennal tubercle ( Fig. 17 ); head and body black with bright yellow markings ( Fig. 13 ); shallowly punctured sculpturing on head and mesosoma; pronotum short, anterior margin almost straight, lateral corner sub-angulate, angulation variable; mesoscutum with notaular groove shallowly impressed anteriorly; parapsidal sulcus appearing as a fine, raised line; discs of scutellum and metanotum strongly raised; SMC2 almost rectangular, receiving crossvein lm-cu at basal half; SMC3 narrowed on vein Rs ( Fig. 21 ); propodeum short, barely convex in profile; metasoma much slender than mesosoma; Gt 1 gradually narrowed and petiolate or parallel-sided basally ( Fig. 22 ).

Distribution. Oriental ( India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka); Palearctic ( Japan) ( Shimizu & Wahis 2007).

Variation. The additional specimen examined here shows darker body with pale brownish yellow spots on mesosoma compared to the bright yellow spots and patches of the holotype.

Figures

FIGURES 13–14. Irenangelus punctipleuris Wahis, 2007. Holotype, ♀. 13. Habitus, lateral view; 15. Data on label with part of fore wing.

FIGURES 15–22. Irenangelus punctipleuris Wahis, 2007. ♀. 15. Habitus, lateral view; 16. Habitus, dorsal view; 17. Head, frontal view; 18. Antenna; 19. Head and mesosoma, dorsal view; 20. Head and mesosoma, lateral view; 21. Fore wing and hind wing; 22. Metasoma, lateral view. Scale bar: Figs 15, 16– 5 mm; Figs 17, 18, 19– 1 mm; Figs 20, 21, 22– 2 mm.