Antepipona sasidharani Lambert & Narendran, 2002

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 : 527

18. Antepipona sasidharani Lambert & Narendran, 2002

( Figs 77–82 )

Antepipona sasidharani Lambert & Narendran 2002: 1 , figs 1–5, ♀, holotype, “ INDIA, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore ” ( ZSIC), examined; Lambert 2004: 556 (key).

Diagnosis. Holotype ♀. Clypeus little wider than long ( Fig. 79 ); apical margin of clypeus slightly emarginated, almost straight; front, temples and vertex with deep close punctures ( Fig. 78 ); mesosoma stout, with distinct close punctures ( Fig. 81 ); anterior carina of pronotum present only on lateral sides up to shoulder; median area of anterior face of pronotum smooth, with weak transverse groove ( Fig. 80 ); metanotum with two distinct teeth directed upwards; propodeum with two short horizontal carina at posterior side ( Fig. 82 ); S2 not bulging at base.

Colour. Reddish brown with yellow marking as follows: base of mandible; clypeus; lower half of front; temple; ventral side of scape; major part of pronotum; large area of mesopleuron; scutellum; metanotum; two large patches on sides of propodeum; band on posterior margin of T1; two large basal spots on sides of T2; sinuate band on posterior margins of T2–T4; T5 with an apical mark medially; T6 with broad median mark; small mark on fore and mid coxa; fore and mid femora and tibia completely; apex of hind femur; hind tibia entirely; tegula except at middle brown. Wings hyaline with brown infuscation at apical half of marginal cell.

Ƌ. Unknown.

Size (H+M+T1+T2). 5 mm.

Material Examined. Holotype ♀: INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore , 4.viii.1997, Coll. Sasidharan, Regd. No. ZSIC –1.0104; INV. 1923.

Distribution. India: Tamil Nadu.

Figures

FIGURES 73 – 78. 73 – 76. Antepipona rufescens (Smith), Ƌ. 73. Apical antennal articles. 74. Vertex and pronotum. 75. Propodeum. 76. S 2. 77, 78. A. sasidharani Lambert & Narendran, holotype, ♀. 77. Body, profile. 78. Head, frontal view.

FIGURES 79 – 84. 79 – 84. Antepipona sasidharani Lambert & Narendran, holotype, ♀. 79. Clypeus. 80. Vertex and pronotum. 81. Head and mesosoma, dorsal view. 82. Propodeum. 83, 84. A. sibilans (Cameron), ♀. 83. Body, profile. 84. Head, frontal view.