Eumenes affinissimus de Saussure, 1852

Sureshan, Pavittu M., 2017, A taxonomic review of the Indian species of the genus Eumenes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), Zootaxa 4317 (3), pp. 469-498 : 471-472

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Eumenes affinissimus de Saussure, 1852
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1. Eumenes affinissimus de Saussure, 1852 View in CoL

( FigS 1–8 View FIGURES 1 – 6 View FIGURES 7 – 8 )

Eumenes affinissima de Saussure, 1852: 37 , ♂—“Indes Orientales” (OUM); Smith, 1873: 371 (cat.);? Bingham, 1897: 335 (key), 340 ( affinissima ; syn.: Eumenes mainpuriensis Smith View in CoL ; ♀; Mainpuri; Tenasserim); Paiva, 1907: 15 (Mussoorie); Dutt, 1912: 229, pl. 13, fig. 9-11 (E. “ affinissima var.” nest: single cells on branches of Tamarix sp.); Dover & Rao, 1922: 237 (Mussorie; Simla Hills; “Rajshahi, East Bengal” [= Rajshahi, Bangladesh]); Dover, 1925 (1924): 292 (variety of Eumenes pomiformis (Fabricius)) View in CoL ; von Schulthess, 1935: 299 (Java); Giordani Soika, 1960: 159 (key); Gusenleitner, 2006: 693 (affinisimus; syn.: E. coelestimontanus Kostylev View in CoL ; India: Ladakh); Nugroho et al., 2012: 93 (list); Oehlke, 2012: 597 (Kyrgyzstan; China; Mongolia).

? Eumenes pomiformis var. affinissima ; Maindron, 1882: 268 (Borneo; cat.); Dalla Torre, 1894: 30 (cat.); Dalla Torre, 1904: 24 (cat.); Dover, 1931: 252 (Malaya).

Eumenes coelestimontana Kostylev, 1940: 140 , ♀, ♂ (in subgenus Eumenes View in CoL ) [Kyrgyzstan] “Rivière Petite Almatinka, Tianchan, Alatau Transilien” (holotype ♀ ZMM); Gusenleitner, 1972: 71 (key), 87; van der Vecht & Fischer, 1972: 126 (cat.); Gusenleitner, 2006: 693 ( coelestimontanus View in CoL ; syn. of E. affinissimus de Saussure View in CoL ).

Diagnosis. ♀ ( Figs 1–5 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ). S2 with many whitish hairs, about as long as those on T2; punctures on T2 very small and SparSe, interSpaceS mUch larger than diameter of pUnctUreS ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ); T1 of normal length (3 mm), poStpetiolUS Sharply and Strongly broadened (pear-Shaped) ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ); temple with hairS; clypeUS with SparSe pUnctUreS of mediUm thickneSS; head, meSoSoma, T1 and T2 with long whitiSh hairS ( FigS 3, 4, 5 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ).

Colour description. ♀. Body black with yellow markingS. Yellow: interrUpted (SometimeS entire) mark at baSe of clypeUS extending to lateral SideS and two Small SpotS at apex (SometimeS abSent); linear mark on interantennal Space toUching the clypeUS; Small linear mark on temple towardS Vertex; wide band on pronotUm; Spot on meSepiSternUm; metanotUm; one Upper roUnded Spot and one lower elongate lateral patch on propodeUm (SometimeS both markingS abSent); tegUlae (except black to blackiSh brown median area); apex of all femora; all tibia; apical band on T1, inVaginated at middle; baSal tranSVerSe Spot at SideS and almoSt regUlar, narrowed at middle and at SideS, apical band on T2; S2 with narrow apical band broadened at middle; narrow bandS, more or leSS regUlar, at the apex of T1-T4 (SometimeS VagUe poStero-median Spot on T5 alSo) and S3-S5. WingS almoSt hyaline, Slightly infUmated. Body length: 12-13 mm.

Ƌ ( FigS 6–8 View FIGURES 1 – 6 View FIGURES 7 – 8 ). Apical antennal article long with broad baSe and Sharply pointed apex, reaching to middle of 10th article in cUrVed poSition ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 7 – 8 ); clypeUS elongate and clypeal apex Strongly emarginate ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 7 – 8 ). ColoUr Similar to that of ♀ except clypeus entirely yellow, narrow apical yellow spot on T5 and band on S6 also; apical antennal article ferrUginoUS. Body length: 10.5 mm.

Material examined. INDIA: JammU & KaShmir, Ganderbal diStrict , Sonamarg , Alt. 9000 ft., 1 ♂, 17- 23.vi.1921 , Coll. Unknown, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8285; Leh district, Liktsey , 1 ♀, 7.viii.2008 , Coll. S.I. Kazmi, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8286. Uttarakhand, DehradUn diStrict , MUSSoorie, 2 ♀, 20.V.1905 , Coll. BrUnetti, ZSIK Regd. NoS. ZSI/WGRS/I.R-INV.8287 & 8288. PAKISTAN: PUnjab, Rawalpindi diStrict , MUrree, 1 ♀, 9.ix.1928, Coll. H.S. PrUthi, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8289.

Distribution. India: Himachal PradeSh, JammU & KaShmir; Uttarakhand; KyrgyzStan; * PakiStan; BangladeSh; MalaySia; IndoneSia: JaVa; China; Mongolia.

WGRS

Western Ghat Regional Station of the Zoological Survey of India at Calicut

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Eumenes

Loc

Eumenes affinissimus de Saussure, 1852

Sureshan, Pavittu M. 2017
2017
Loc

Eumenes coelestimontana

Gusenleitner 2006: 693
Gusenleitner 1972: 71
Vecht 1972: 126
Kostylev 1940: 140
1940
Loc

Eumenes pomiformis var. affinissima

Dover 1931: 252
Dalla 1904: 24
Dalla 1894: 30
Maindron 1882: 268
1882
Loc

Eumenes affinissima de Saussure, 1852 : 37

Nugroho 2012: 93
Oehlke 2012: 597
Gusenleitner 2006: 693
Schulthess 1935: 299
Dover 1922: 237
Dutt 1912: 229
Paiva 1907: 15
Bingham 1897: 335
Smith 1873: 371
Saussure 1852: 37
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