262) Parischnogaster mellyi (de Saussure, 1852)

Ischnogaster mellyi de Saussure, 1852: 25 . Type data: Male, MHNG. Type locality: “ Java ” (Indonesia). Ischnogaster nigrifrons Smith, 1857: 113 . Type data: Male, OUM. Type locality: Sarawak, Borneo. Stenogaster nigrifrons; Dover & Rao, 1922: 241. Parischnogaster mellyi; Schulthess, 1927: 82. Stenogaster mellyi; Pagden, 1962: 95. Distribution. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh,

Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Singa-

pore; Thailand; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1984, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1996, Jonathan et al.

2000a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2009, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Nguyen

& Kojima 2013, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Nidup et al. 2017).