Eumenes macrops 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 : 480-483

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.3.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0D977C9B-2B9C-46E7-B154-E795B7Ff5B01

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4489831

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9518B56B-C44B-811F-FF52-F948BC05F926

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Eumenes macrops de Saussure, 1852
status

 

9. Eumenes macrops de Saussure, 1852 View in CoL

( FigS 37–44 View FIGURES 37 – 42 View FIGURES 43 – 44 )

Eumenes macrops de Saussure, 1852: 41 View in CoL , ♂—“La Caroline du nord” (BMNH); Cresson, 1887: 287 (syn. of E. fraternus Say View in CoL ); Bequaert, 1938: 63 (perhaps based on dark specimen of E. globulosus de Saussure View in CoL ); Giordani Soika, 1941: 143 (key), 151 (in subgenus Eumenes View in CoL ; ♂; locality of type is incorrect: Oriental species distributed from Madras to Bali); Bequaert, 1943: 43; Giordani Soika, 1960: 160 (key), 161 (in subgenus Eumenes View in CoL ; syn.: Eumenes salai Dusmet View in CoL ); Giordani Soika, 1973a: 25 (“Allotipo”); Gusenleitner, 2006: 693 (India: Kalimpong); Nugroho et al., 2012: 96 (list).

Eumenes fraternus var. macrops View in CoL ; de Saussure, 1875: 95; Dalla Torre, 1894: 25 (fraterna; cat.); Dalla Torre, 1904: 22 (fraterna; cat.).

Eumenes vishnu Cameron, 1898: 36 View in CoL , ♂—[India] “Allahabad” (OUM); Dalla Torre, 1904: 25 (cat.; Malakka [!]). Eumenes Salai Dusmet, 1930: 103 View in CoL ,? ♀ [India] “Khandala” (MNCN); Giordani Soika, 1960: 161 (syn. of E. macrops de Saussure View in CoL ).

Diagnosis. ♀ ( FigS 37–41 View FIGURES 37 – 42 ). LegS almoSt entirely ferrUginoUS (coxae and trochanter black), rarely with few yellow markingS on fore and mid leg; pUnctUreS on T2 relatiVely coarSe and not Very denSe ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 37 – 42 ); T2, in profile View little Swollen in middle, weakly impreSSed preapically, and apical margin Slightly reflected ( Fig. 37 View FIGURES 37 – 42 ).

Colour description. ♀. Body black with yellow and ferrUginoUS markingS. Yellow: pair of large triangUlar markS at baSe of clypeUS (SometimeS abSent); fUnnel-Shaped Spot on interantennal Space; narrow line on temple; dorSo-median band coaleSced (SometimeS not coaleSced) with large lateral triangUlar mark on pronotUm; large Spot on meSopleUron; lateral extenSion of ScUtellUm and metanotUm; broad band on metanotUm; pair of SpotS on propodeUm at baSe and apex laterally (SometimeS redUced or abSent); pair of lateral SpotS (rarely redUced or abSent) and narrow waVy apical band on T1 & T2; narrow apical band on S2. FerrUginoUS: antennal Scape baSally (USUally abSent); Ventral Side of apical antennal articleS; apical half of mandible; tegUla; legS almoSt entirely ferrUginoUS (coxae and trochanter and SometimeS hind tarSUS black), rarely with few yellow markingS on apex of fore and mid femora, fore tibia and fore baSitarSUS. WingS weakly infUmated. Body coVered with Short SilVery hairS. Body length: 10-11 mm.

Ƌ ( Figs 42–44 View FIGURES 37 – 42 View FIGURES 43 – 44 ). Colour similar to ♀ except clypeus entirely yellow; T2 usually without yellow lateral spot. Apical antennal article hooked, itS apex reaching middle of 10th Segment in cUrVed poSition ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 43 – 44 ). Body length: 9.5-10.5 mm.

Material examined. INDIA: ASSam, TinSUkia diStrict, Sadiya, 1 ♂, date of collection & name of collector Unknown, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8311. Karnataka, Bellary diStrict, SandUr, 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, 12.Viii.1978 , Coll. K.D. Ghorpade, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8312 & 8313; Bengaluru , 1 ♀, 10.iv.1981 , Coll. K.D. Ghorpade, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8314. Kerala, Wayanad diStrict, ThirUnelli , Brahmagiri HillS, 1 ♀, 16.ii.2016 , Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8315; Wayanad district, Puthurvayal , 1 ♀, 19.x.2016 , Coll. P. GiriSh KUmar, Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8046; KannUr diStrict, Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary , 1 ♀, 2.iii.2006 , Coll. K.P. Md. Shareef, Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8347; Kannur district, Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary , 1 ♂, 12.v.2012 , Coll. Manu, Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8348; Kozhikode district, Malabar Wildlife SanctUary, PoozhithodU, Thalippara , 2 ♂, 18.iV.2013 , Coll. P. GiriSh KUmar, ZSIK Regd. NoS. ZSI/ WGRS/I.R-INV. 8316 & 8317; Kozhikode district, Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kakkayam , 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, 23.ii.2016, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV. 8318 & 8319 ; Kozhikode district, Nanminda , 1 ♀, 3.vi.2015, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8320 ; Kozhikode district, East Hill , 2 ♀, 14.x.2015, Coll. P. GiriSh KUmar, ZSIK Regd. NoS. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV. 8321 & 8322 ; Kozhikode diStrict, Jaferkhan Colony , 1 ♀, 4.v.2016, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8323 ; Kozhikode diStrict, Kottooli wetland, 2 ♀ & 3 ♂, 17.V.2016, Coll. P. GiriSh KUmar, ZSIK Regd. NoS. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R- INV . 8324–8328; Kozhikode district, Mavoorpadam , 1 ♂, 4.x.2016, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, Regd. No . ZSI/ WGRS / I.R-INV.8044; Kozhikode district, Malayamma , 1 ♂, 4.x.2016, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, Regd. No . ZSI/WGRS/I.R- INV. 8045; Kozhikode district, Adivaram , 1 ♀, 10.iii.2010 , Coll. Vinu, Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8334; Kozhikode district, Eengapuzha , 1 ♀, 12.xi.2011 , Coll. Manu, Regd. No. ZSI/WGRS/I.R-INV.8335; Kozhikode diStrict, Malabar Wildlife SanctUary, Kakkayam , 2 ♂, 24.i.2014, Coll. VinU, Regd. NoS. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8336 & 8337 ; Kozhikode district, Vayalada , 2 ♂, 21.viii.2012, Coll. K.P. Md. Shareef, Regd. Nos. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R- INV . 8338 & 8339; Malappuram district , Calicut University Campus, 1 ♂, 21.vii.2004, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8329 ; Malappuram district , Calicut University Campus, 2 ♀, 16.xi.1997 & 16.ii.1998, Coll. ManU, ZSIK Regd. NoS. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8341 & 8342 ; MalappUram diStrict , CalicUt University Campus, 1 ♀, 21.vi.2001, Coll. Vinu, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8343 ; Malappuram district, Ariyallur , 1 ♂, 20.x.2016, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, Regd. No . ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8047; Malappuram district, Cheruppadimala , 1 ♂, 22.ix.2012, Coll. K.P. Md. Shareef, Regd. No . ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8344; Malappuram district, Nilambur , 1 ♀, 25.ix.2012, Coll. K.P. Md. Shareef, Regd. No . ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8345; Thrissur district, Thrissur , 1 ♂, 3.iv.2001, Coll. K.P. Md. Shareef, Regd. No . ZSI/WGRS/I.R-INV.8346; Kollam district, SaSthamkotta lake enVironS, MUthUpilakkadU, 1 ♂, 24.Viii.2016, Coll. P. GiriSh KUmar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R.- INV.7440; Vettolikadavu , 1 ♂, 25.viii.2016 , Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R.- INV.7441. MaharaShtra, PUne diStrict, AkUrdi , 2 ♀, 10.iV.2014 , Coll. Manoj JadhaV, ZSIK Regd. NoS. ZSI/ WGRS / I.R-INV.8330 & 8331. Nagaland, MokokchUng diStrict , TUli, 1 ♀, 20.ix.2004 , Coll. R.S. Mridha & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8332. Tamil NadU, Anamalai HillS, Cinchona , 3500’, 1 ♂, V.1964, P. S. Nathan, ANMH ; Nilgiri Hills, Cherangode, 3500’, 1 ♂, v.1950, P. S. Nathan, AMNH; Nilgiri Hills, Gudalur, 3500’, 1 ♀, iV.1949, P. S. Nathan, AMNH. WeSt Bengal, Kolkata diStrict, Sealdah , 1 ♀, 30.Vi.1911, Coll. A. Rahman, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8333.

Distribution. India: * ASSam, * Karnataka, * Kerala, MaharaShtra, * Nagaland, Pondicherry, RajaSthan, Sikkim, Tamil NadU, Uttar PradeSh, WeSt Bengal; Myanmar; MalaySia; IndoneSia: Bali.

WGRS

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

INV

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Eumenes

Loc

Eumenes macrops de Saussure, 1852

Sureshan, Pavittu M. 2017
2017
Loc

Eumenes vishnu

Dusmet 1930: 103
Dalla 1904: 25
Cameron 1898: 36
1898
Loc

Eumenes fraternus var. macrops

Dalla 1904: 22
Dalla 1894: 25
Saussure 1875: 95
1875
Loc

Eumenes macrops de Saussure, 1852 : 41

Nugroho 2012: 96
Gusenleitner 2006: 693
Giordani 1973: 25
Bequaert 1943: 43
Giordani 1941: 143
Bequaert 1938: 63
Cresson 1887: 287
Saussure 1852: 41
1852
GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF