16. Antepipona pruthii Giordani Soika, 1882

(Figs 59–66)

Antepipona pruthii Giordani Soika 1982: 205, 208 (key), 248, figs 51–52, Ƌ, “ Kashmir: Daksum, 7500 ft . ” (RMNH); also from “ Srinagar ” and “ India: Punjab, Bhuban, 6000 ft . , Murree Hills ” [= Pakistan: Punjab Province, Bhuban, 6000 ft., Murree Hills]; Lambert 2004: 556 (key); Gusenleitner 2013: 124, figs 9–10 (♀; Pakistan).

Diagnosis. Ƌ. Apex of clypeus deeply emarginated, semicircular, with punctures large and dense (Fig. 61); apical antennal article almost straight, its apex not reaching to base of eleventh article (Fig. 62); punctures on T3 bigger than that of T2; punctures on T4 and T5 fine and sparse; S5 and S6, sometimes on S4 also, with several long brownish yellow hairs especially at base; pronotal carina present only on lateral side and shoulder; posterior face of propodeum with two short transverse upper carina.

Colour. Body black, with apical antennal segments ferruginous. Yellow are: mandible; clypeus; ventral side of scape; triangular mark on front; bands on inner margin of lower lobe of eye up to bottom of ocular sinus; an oval mark on temple; large and regular band on dorsal face of pronotum; round spot on mesepisternum; wide band on scutellum, rarely interrupted at middle; band on metanotum, sometimes highly reduced to two spots on metanotal teeth or completely absent; spot on dorsal face of propodeum, rarely highly reduced or completely absent; tegula; parategula; small spot on fore coxa; large spots on mid and hind coxa; femur, except more or less extended black area at base; all tibiae and tarsi; bands, widened at middle and on sides, on T1, T2 and S2; basal lateral spots on T2; narrow band apical, sometimes interrupted at middle and slightly enlarged at sides, on T3; apical bands wider, restricted and more or less abbreviated to sides, on T4–T6; sometimes two spots at base of S2.

Size (H+M+T1+T2). 6–7 mm.

♀. Unknown.

Material examined. INDIA: Himachal Pradesh, Solan, 1Ƌ, 14–17.vi.1979, Coll. V.K. Gupta & Party, NZC No. 16371/H3 . Uttarakhand, Almora district, Ranikhet, 1Ƌ, 13.x.1978, Coll. V.K. Gupta & Party, NZC No. 16372/ H3; Nainital district, Naukuchiatal, 1Ƌ, 5.x.2004, Coll. M. Ghosh & Party, NZC No. 16373/H3 . West Bengal, Darjeeling district, Mirik, 1Ƌ, 24.vi.1979, Coll. P. Halder & Party, NZC No. 16374/H3.

Distribution. India: * Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, * Uttarakhand, West Bengal; Pakistan.