Sceliphron formosum formosum (F. Smith, 1856 )

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6. Sceliphron formosum formosum (F. Smith, 1856)

Pelopaeus formosus F. Smith 1856: 230 , ♀. Lectotype: ♀, Australia: Northern Territory: Port Essington (BMNH), designated by Hensen 1987: 258.

Sceliphron papuanum Cameron 1906: 221 , ♀. Holotype or syntypes: ♀, Indonesia: Papua: Merauke (ZMA). Synonymized with Sceliphron formosum by van der Vecht in R. Bohart and Menke, 1976:106.

Diagnosis. Female. Frons distinctly pilose; clypeus apico-medially incised with lateral incisions (see Fig. 103 of Hensen (1987: 250)); pronotal collar with yellow band; mesoscutum and propodeum transversely striate; scutellum with yellow patch; basal spot on each side of propodum, large one posteriorly and two oblong large spots in middle, yellow; metasoma with first, fourth (more or less), fifth, and sixth terga and petiole yellow (see Fig. 86 of Hensen (1987: 245)).

Male. Second tergum black, or with strongly reduced band; sterna usually black; petiole and antennal scape yellow; petiole a little longer than in female.

Note. No specimens were seen during the present study, so the above diagnosis has been based on the published descriptions (F. Smith 1856; Kohl 1918; Hensen 1987).

Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh. Elsewhere: Australia; China; Indonesia; Japan; Myanmar; New Guinea ( Kundu et al. 2006; Pulawski 2021).