Dasyproctus pulveris (Nurse, 1902)

Binoy, C. & Kumar, P. Girish, 2024, Dasyproctus yesudasi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Crabroninae), a new square-headed moustache wasp from south India, Zootaxa 5512 (1), pp. 136-150 : 146-147

Dasyproctus pulveris (Nurse, 1902)

( Figs 35–40 )

Image of type examined: Holotype / syntype ♀, India: Gujarat: Deesa, col. C.G. Nurse collection 1920–72, as Crabro pulveris Nurse , ii.(18)99, B.M. TYPE HYM. 21.1,012 ( NHMUK 015934083 ).

Diagnosis. Body length 8.24 mm; fore wing length 5.04 mm.

Black except the following: scape yellow; mandible yellow with base black and apex reddish brown; pronotal collar yellow except at medial notch; pronotal lobe yellow; axilla and two non- continuous spots on scutellum yellow; yellow spots on lateral flange of metapleuron and on metanotum (Fig. 101); tegula brown, yellow anteriorly; legs mostly reddish brown with distinct yellow marking ventrally (marking distinct on fore legs); mid and hind femora with less yellow marking; Gt1, Gt2 and Gt5 with yellow maculae, Gt3 and Gt4 immaculate. Clypeus deeply indented; anterior carina of pronotal collar laterally curving towards pronotal lobe; IOC indistinct; POD greater than OOD; obsolete punctation on head and mesosoma in female, fainter punctation visible in male; post-scutellum with yellow spots; legs reddish brown with varying yellow steaks; Gt3 and Gt4 immaculate.

Figures

FIGURES 35–40. Dasyproctus pulveris (Nurse, 1902). Holotype/ syntypes ♀. 35, habitus, lateral view; 36, head, frontal view; 37, clypeus, enlarged view; 38, habitus, dorsal view; 39, Gt1 and Gt2, dorsal view; 40, type labels.