(12) Antepipona rufescens (Smith, 1857)

Figs 40-42

Odynerus rufescens Smith, 1857: 61, “Ceram”, NHMUK. Type: female.

Antepipona ferruginea Kim & Yamane, 2003: 287, 291, figs 9-16, "Jansui, Formosa", HUM. Syn. nov.

Material examined.

CHINA: Hong Kong: 1♀, Kam Tin, hand net, 25.viii.2006, UTM: 50Q JK 975 843, 10m, ref.: 0227. G.Hy. 2 [CBC] .

Distribution.

China (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sichuan, Taiwan); India; Thailand; Myanmar; Laos; Malaysia; Indonesia.

Remarks.

First recorded from Hong Kong by Giordani Soika 1986. Comparing the specimen from Hong Kong and other specimens of A. rufescens in the AMNH with the description of A. ferruginea shows that they are identical in the features cited as diagnostic by Kim and Yamane (2003). Accordingly, the species A. ferruginea Kim & Yamane, 2003 from Taiwan is synonymized with A. rufescens (Smith, 1857).