3. Antodynerus punctatipennis (de Saussure, 1853)

(Figs 19–24)

Odynerus punctatipennis de Saussure 1853: 210, ♀ (in subgenus Leionotus), “les Indes Orientales?” (MP); Smith 1857: 59 (cat., India); 1871: 375 (cat.); Dalla Torre 1894: 91 (cat.); Bingham 1897: 361 (key), 365, (♂; syn.: Odynerus intricatus Smith; Sikkim; Allahabad; Delhi; Bombay); Dalla Torre 1904: 52 (cat.); Bequaert 1918: 308 (in subgenus Rygchium [!]; cat.).

Antodynerus punctatipennis: van der Vecht 1959: 239–241, figs. 2 (b, d, g, h, m) (India); Gusenleitner 2006: 691 (India).

Diagnosis. Male. Clypeus with less deep punctures on middle, diameter of punctures less than distance between punctures; frons, ocular sinus, ocellar area, vertex and temple strongly punctured; mesosoma as in Fig. 22; median area of propodeum slightly concave, with a narrowly elongate fovea from which median carina runs to orifice with few weak transverse striations posteriorly; postero-lateral margin almost entirely rounded without a strong transversely carinate projection, area near to valvula smooth; T1 1.89 × as wide as long, 0.85 × as wide as T 2 in dorsal view (Fig. 23); genitalia as in Fig. 24. Female. Not available for us.

Material examined. INDIA. Maharashtra: Amravati distr., Vadali reserve forest, 2♂ 20–22.ix.2007, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, NZC Nos. 14260/H3 & 14261/H3.

Distribution. India (Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh).