Allorhynchium argentatum ( Fabricius, 1804 )

Kumar, P. Girish & Rajmohana, K., 2018, Taxonomic studies on Wasps of Kottooli and Thalassery-Dharmadam Mangroves of Kerala (Insecta: Hymenoptera), Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4), pp. 337-349 : 339-340

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/119059
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13184551
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scientific name	Allorhynchium argentatum ( Fabricius, 1804 )
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5. Allorhynchium argentatum ( Fabricius, 1804) View in CoL

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1804. Vespa argentata Fabricius , 260. Type ♂, “ Sumatra ” ( UZMC) .

1963. Allorhynchium argentatum ; van der Vecht, 60 (list), fig. 5a.

Material examined: INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode district, Kottooli wetland, 2 ♀ & 2 ♂, 7.v.2016, Coll.P.Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/ WGRC /I.R-INV.8941–8944 ; Kerala, Kannur district, Thalassery mangroves, 1 ♀, 21.v.2016, Coll. Sruthi, ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.-INV.6805 .

Diagnosis: Clypeal apex truncate and emarginate; frons, vertex and temple with close, strong and pit-like punctures, diameter of punctures greater than distance between punctures; cephalic fovea small but deep with tuft of hairs; posterior face of pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum with strong, close and pit-like rugose punctures; epicnemial carina distinct at lower half; propodeum vertical, concave posteriorly; forewing with prestigma 0.89x pterostigma; T1 and T2 with medium size, closely arranged and moderately dense punctures.

Distribution: India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo, Sulawesi); Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand ( Girish Kumar & Sharma, 2015).