Eumenes belli Giordani Soika, 1973

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 : 477-479

5. Eumenes belli Giordani Soika, 1973

( FigS 25–30 )

Eumenes belli Giordani Soika, 1973b: 125 , ♀, ♂—“ India meridionale: Mysore, N. Kanara” (holotype ♀ BMNH); Giordani Soika, 1986b: 82, figs. 1, 3; Pannure et al., 2016: 19 .

Diagnosis. ♀. Punctures on T2 at apex, before apical lamella, very thick and dense ( Fig. 30 ); clypeus with weak pUnctUreS, apex almoSt Smooth ( Fig. 26 ); apical margin of clypeUS narrower and more weakly emarginate, with largely roUnded apical teeth; T1 Very long, Slender, lateral marginS of poStpetiolUS SUbStraight and parallel, in profile View, not Swollen in apical half; head 1.21x wider than long ( Fig. 26 ); temple withoUt hairS; pronotUm leSS prominent; antenna elongate with baSal fiVe flagellar SegmentS longer than broad ( Fig. 27 ); front Uniformly pUnctUred, diameter of pUnctUreS leSS than diStance between pUnctUreS; pUnctUreS on meSoScUtUm Stronger and denSer than that on fronS.

Colour description. ♀. Black with yellow markingS. Yellow: thin line along inner orbitS of lower lobeS of eyeS, to bottom of ocUlar SinUS; Short line on temple; band on pronotUm, twice interrUpted, along anterior margin and another line near to tegUlae; two SpeckS on SideS of meSoScUtUm, jUSt before tegUlae; large mark on meSepiSternUm; parategUlae; band, cloSely interrUpted in middle, on metanotUm; line on fore tibia; thin and Smooth apical band on T1. LegS brown ferrUginoUS, more or leSS darkened; wingS Strongly darkened, eSpecially along coSta. Body length: 12-13 mm.

Ƌ. ClypeUS narrower than that of ♀. ColoUr Similar to that of ♀, inclUding clypeUS, entirely black. Body length: 10.5-11.5 mm.

Material examined. INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode diStrict, Malabar Wildlife SanctUary, Kakkayam , 1♀, 23.ii.2016, Coll. P. GiriSh KUmar, ZSIK Regd . No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8253 ; ErnakUlam diStrict, Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary, Kolumba , 1♀, 20.ix.2016, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd . No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.7914 ; Kozhikode diStrict, CalicUt town, 1♀, 13.Vii.2015, Coll. K.P. Md. Shareef, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R- INV . 8254; Malappuram district, Nilambur , 1♀, 23.iv.2015, Coll. Vinu, ZSIK Regd . No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8255; ThriSSUr diStrict, Athirapally, propoSed dam Site , 1♂, 3.ii.2017, Coll. P. GiriSh KUmar, Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /I.R- INV.8541.

Distribution. India: Karnataka, * Kerala.

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 30. Eumenes belli Giordani Soika, ♀. 25, Body, lateral view. 26, Head, frontal view. 27, Antenna. 28, Head and mesosoma, dorsal view. 29, Petiole, dorsal view. 30, Metasoma except petiole, dorsal view.