Gastrosericus rothneyi Cameron, 1889

Ayisha Mawadda, N. V. & Kumar, P. Girish, 2022, On the geographic distribution of Gastrosericus Spinola, 1839 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) in India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 122 (4), pp. 415-424 : 417

Gastrosericus rothneyi Cameron, 1889 ( Figures 9–24 )

Gastrosericus rothneyi Cameron, 1889: 147 , ♀ (as Rothneyi , incorrect original capitalization). Lectotype: ♀, India: West Bengal: Barrackpore (OXUM), designated by Pulawski, 1995: 114.

Material examined: India: Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram district, Palode, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden (8°45’08’’N, 77°01’54’’E), (2 males), 24.x.2016, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/ IR/INV/16850 & 16851 ; Kozhikode district, Purameri (11°39’58’’N, 75°37’46’’E), (2 males), 30.v.2021, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/ IR/INV/17858. Tamil Nadu, Thirunelveli district, Manimuthar dam site (8°38’82’’N, 77°25’24’’E), (1 female), 1.x.2018, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV/16848; Thirunelveli district , Old Courtallam (8°55’03’’N, 77°17’01’’E), (1 male), 3.x.2018, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/ INV/16849 .

Distribution: India: Kerala (new state record), Tamil Nadu, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Nepal; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam ( Pulawski, 1995, 2021).

Figures

Figure 9-16. Gastrosericus rothneyi Cameron, female. 9, Habitus, lateral view; 10, Habitus, dorsal view; 11, Head, frontal view; 12, Clypeus; 13, Head & thorax, dorsal view; 14, Thorax, dorsal view; 15, Gaster; 16, Pygidium.

Figure 17-24. Gastrosericus rothneyi Cameron, male. 17, Habitus, lateral view; 18, Habitus, dorsal view; 19, Head, frontal view; 20, Clypeus; 21, Head & thorax, dorsal view; 22, Thorax, dorsal view; 23, Antennae; 24, Gaster.