Antepipona bipustulata (de Saussure, 1855)

Kumar, Girish P., Carpenter, James M. & Sureshan, Pavittu M., 2016, A taxonomic review of the genus Antepipona de Saussure, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from India, Zootaxa 4150 (5), pp. 501-536 : 507-510

4. Antepipona bipustulata (de Saussure, 1855)

( Figs 13–24 )

Odynerus bipustulatus de Saussure 1855: 277 , Ƌ, ♀, pl. XII fig 10 (syn.:? Vespa biguttata Fabricius ; in subgenus Odynerus division Epsilon )—locality? (MP); Smith 1857: 85 (cat., “China”); de Saussure 1863: 226 (Indes); Dalla Torre 1894: 56 (cat.); Bingham 1897: 362 (key), 369, fig 108 (India: Delhi, Allahabad, Agra, Barrackpore; Burma: Tenasserim); Rothney 1903: 107 (Barrackpore, Bengal, common); Dalla Torre 1904: 41 (in subgenus Lionotus ; cat.); Annandale 1912: 39 (India, Parésnath, 4000–4400 ft); von Schulthess 1914: 266 (in subgenus Lionotus ; Ceylon; Java; Sumatra); 1927: 81 (in subgenus Lionotus ; Sumatra); Dover 1929: 45 (Singapore); 1931: 255 (Malaya); Bischoff 1932: 739 (Sumatra).

Antepipona bipustulata: Giordani Soika 1982: 205 , 210 (key), 228, fig 29 ( China; India; Myanmar; Thailand; Malaysia; Indonesia: Sumatra; Java, Riau Archipelago); Gusenleitner 1988: 180 ( Thailand) ; Lambert 2004: 558 (key); Gusenleitner 2011: 1360 (Laos); Nugroho et al. 2012: 79 (list).

Diagnosis. ♀. ( Figs 13–19 ): Outer margin of posterior lobe of tegulae not strongly concave, posterior lobe bends slightly towards base, and its apex almost equal to parategula ( Fig. 16 ); parategula arched ( Fig. 16 ); S2 convex at base to apex, where it creates fold followed by slight depression ( Fig. 19 ); width between clypeal teeth equal to interantennal space ( Fig. 14 ); clypeal apex slightly emarginated, with apical teeth short, but acute ( Fig. 15 ); carina of anterior face of pronotum well developed on sides and on shoulders and absent on dorsal surface; anterior face of pronotum with two cross impressions at middle, surrounded by smooth area or some small punctures; its sides with very large and thick punctures; metanotal teeth triangular, separated by distance which not much greater than that which separates them from lateral margins of metanotum; posterior face of propodeum without superior transverse carina ( Fig. 17 ).

Colour. Body black, with ventral face of apical antennal articles sometimes ferruginous, and tarsi brown– ferruginous. Yellow markings: V–shaped mark at base of mandible; band at base of clypeus, sometimes interrupted at middle; sometimes marks at apex of clypeus; spot on front; strip along inner orbit up to ocular sinus; ventral face of scape; long mark on temple; medially interrupted broad band on dorsal surface of pronotum; large round spot on mesepisternum; two spots on scutellum; two spots, sometimes combined into one band, on metanotum; outer half of dorsal and posterior face of propodeum; tegulae, except black or brown mark at middle; parategulae; stains on fore and mid coxae; large spots on outer face of fore and mid femora; outer face of all tibiae; T1 with an apical band, abbreviated at sides and sometimes two isolated spots on sides; T2 with an apical band and two lateral spots at base; S2 with band similar to that of T2; T3 and S3 with short marks to sides of apical margin; T4 with an apical band abbreviated at sides; T5 sometimes with small median apical band; spot at middle of T6. Wings subhyaline; fore wing with dark infumation on marginal cell.

Ƌ ( Figs 20–24 ): Clypeus slightly wider than long, with apical semicircular emargination, apical teeth triangular, acute ( Fig. 22 ). Apical antennal article of medium length, slightly arched, its apex reaching to base of 11th article ( Fig. 23 ). Yellow too: mandible, clypeus entirely; yellow mark on front extends towards interantennal space; apical bands on T4–T6 and mark on sides of S4. Apical tergite black or brown. Other characters similar to that of ♀.

Size (H+M+T1+T2). ♀, 7.5–8.5 mm; Ƌ, 6–7 mm.

Material examined. INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh, Papumpare district, Itanagar , 1Ƌ, 22.v.1998, Coll. A.R. Lahiri & Party, NZC No. 16310/H3 ; Tawang district, Tang , 1♀, 27.x.2007, Coll. G. Srinivasan & Party, NZC No. 16311/H3 . Chhattisgarh, Jashpur district, Narayanpur , 1♀, 15.xi.2011, Coll. Mandal & Party, NZC No. 16312/H3 ; Jashpur district, Bend , 1Ƌ, 21.xi.2011, Coll. Mandal & Party, NZC No. 16313/H3 ; Jashpur district, Badalkhol , 1♀, 1Ƌ, 27.v.2012, Coll. A. Raha & Party, NZC Nos. 16314/H3, 16315/H3 . Meghalaya, East Garo Hills district, Dainadubi , 2Ƌ, 8–13.v.1979, Coll. S.B. Roy & Party, NZC Nos. 16316/H3, 16317/H3 . Nagaland, Tuensang district, Longkhim , 1Ƌ, 23.ix.1994, Coll. B. Mitra & Party, NZC No. 16318/H3 . Tripura, South Tripura district, Garjee , 2♀, 13.v.1978, Coll. J.K. Jonathan & Party, NZC Nos. 16319/H3, 16320/H3 ; Khowai district, Teliamura , 1♀, 4Ƌ, 18–20.v.1978, Coll. J.K. Jonathan & Party, NZC Nos. 16321/H3–16325/H3 ; Dhalai district, Ambassa , 4Ƌ, 24–25.v.1978, Coll. J.K. Jonathan & Party, NZC Nos. 16326/H3–16329/H3 . West Bengal, Kolkata, 1♀, date of collection and name of collector unknown, NZC No. 16330/H3; Kolkata , 1♀, 14.viii.1904, Coll. Brunetti, NZC No. 16331/H3 ; Darjeeling district, Sukna, 2Ƌ, 1.vii.1908, Coll. N. Annandale, NZC Nos. 367/H3, 370/H3; N–24 Parganas district , Duttapukur , 1♀, 6.xii.1986, Coll. A.N.T. Joseph & Party, NZC No. 16332/H3 ; Nadia district, Taherpur , 1♀, 16.xi.2014, Coll. P.C. Mazumdar, NZC No. 16333/H3.

Distribution. India: * Arunachal Pradesh, * Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Jharkhand, * Meghalaya, * Nagaland, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, * Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal; Sri Lanka; Myanmar; China; Thailand; Laos; Malaysia; Singapore; Indonesia: Sumatra (including Riau Islands), Java.

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 18. Antepipona bipustulata (de Saussure), ♀. 13. Body, profile. 14. Head, frontal view. 15. Clypeus. 16. Mesosoma, dorsal view. 17. Propodeum. 18. Metasoma, dorsal view.

FIGURES 19 – 24. Antepipona bipustulata (de Saussure) (19, ♀; 20 – 24, Ƌ). 19. S 2. 20. Body, profile. 21. Head, frontal view. 22. Clypeus. 23. Apical antennal articles. 24. Pronotum.