Antepipona ceylonica (de Saussure, 1867 )

Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, P. Girish, Gupta, Ankita & Sureshan, P. M., 2019, Checklist of vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Goa, India, with new records and a key to species, Zootaxa 4585 (2), pp. 269-294 : 270-271

2) Antepipona ceylonica (de Saussure, 1867)

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Odynerus ceylonicus de Saussure, 1867: 12 , female, male (in subgenus Leionotus division Epsilon ). Type “ Ceylon ” (MHN).

Material examined: INDIA: Goa: Sattari, Ambedem , 12.xi.2016, 1♀, coll. Sandesh M. Gawas ; Dharbandora, Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary & Mollem National Park , 11-15. v.2017, 1 ♀, coll. Sandesh M. Gawas ; Dharbandora, Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary & Mollem National Park , 10-14. iii.2017, 2 ♀, coll. Sandesh M. Gawas ; Dharbandora, Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary & Mollem National Park , 1-3. i.2017, 3 ♀, coll. Sandesh M. Gawas ; Sattari, Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary , 1♂, 15.v.2018, coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /I.R.-INV.11667; Ponda, Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary , 2♂, 16.v.2018, coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party , ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/ WGRC /I.R.-INV.11668 & 11669; Canacona, Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary , 1♂, 18.v.2018, coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /I.R.-INV.11670 .

Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Global: Myanmar; Sri Lanka, Thailand. ( Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Pannure et al. 2016).

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Habitus. ♀, l–2, Allorhynchium argentatum; ♀, 3–4, Antepipona ceylonica; ♀, 5–6, Antepipona ovalis.