Eumenes antennatus Bingham, 1898

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 : 473-474

2. Eumenes antennatus Bingham, 1898

Eumenes antennatus Bingham, 1898: 121 ♂, pl. A fig. 8- “Deesa” (BMNH); Dalla Torre, 1904: 21 (antennata; cat.); Giordani Soika, 1960: 159 (key).

Diagnosis. ♂. T1 Very long, lateral marginS of poStpetiolUS SUbStraight and parallel, in profile View, diStinctly Swollen in apical half; head mUch wider than long; temple withoUt hairS; Vertex, meSoScUtUm, T1 and T2 aboVe coarSely pUnctUred, remainder of head, meSoSoma and metaSoma Smooth bUt dUll and matt; clypeUS elongate, ScUtiform, deeply emarginate at apical margin; Scape Very thick and maSSiVe; petiole narrowed at baSe, SUbtUbercUlate at middle laterally.

Colour description. Body black with yellow and reddiSh brown markingS. Yellow: mandibleS; clypeUS; fronS; ocUlar SinUS, line on tempora; Scape; pronotUm; two creScentic SpotS anteriorly and two Small qUadrate SpotS at middle on meSoScUtUm; ScUtellUm; line poSteriorly on metanotUm; tegUla; meSopleUra; propodeUm except Small triangUlar Spot at baSe; legS; two SpotS at baSe, two SpotS at middle laterally and a broad mark at apex on petiole; larger part of reSt of metaSoma. ReddiSh brown: poSterior SUrface of femora; apex of tibiae; tarSi of hind legS. Black: baSe narrowly, and tranSVerSely elongate diamond-Shaped Spot on T2 aboVe; baSe of T3-T6 and whole of T7. ReddiSh yellow: apical three flagellar SegmentS. WingS hyaline. ClypeUS coVered with SilVery pile.

Body length: 10 mm.

Distribution. India: GUjarat.

Remarks. No SpecimenS were aVailable for oUr StUdieS; hence the deScription waS taken from Bingham (1898) and Giordani Soika (1960).