Dolichurus taprobanae Smith 1869

Anagha, S., Kumar, P. Girish & Sureshan, P. M., 2020, Additions to the knowledge of the genus Dolichurus Latreille (Hymenoptera Ampulicidae) from India with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 4821 (1), pp. 121-134 : 130-133

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4821.1.6

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4442433

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scientific name

Dolichurus taprobanae Smith 1869
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Dolichurus taprobanae Smith 1869 View in CoL

( Figs 28–29 View FIGURES 24–29. 24 )

Dolichurus taprobanae Smith 1869: 304 View in CoL , ♂, actually ♀ ( Turner 1912: 365). Holotype: ♀, Sri Lanka: no specific locality (NHMUK).

Dolichurus bipunctatus Bingham 1896: 438 View in CoL , ♂. Holotype: ♂. Burma: Pegu Hills (NHMUK). Synonymized with Dolichurus taprobanae View in CoL by Krombein 1979: 14.

Dolichusus clavipes Cameron 1897: 18 View in CoL , ♂, junior primary homonym of Dolichurus clavipes Dahlbom 1829 View in CoL . Holotype: ♂, India: Bengal: Barrackpore 20 km N Calcutta (OXUM). Synonymized with Dolichurus taprobanae View in CoL by Krombein 1979: 14.

Dolichurus reticulatus Cameron 1899: 56 View in CoL , ♂. Holotype or syntypes: ♂, India: Assam: Khasia Hills (OXUM). Synonymized with Dolichurus bipunctatus View in CoL by Turner 1912: 364.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. BL 7.1 mm; frons smooth with scattered punctures; clypeus with median longitudinal carina reaching apical margin; black macrosetae at normal positions of clypeus, frons, pronotum, and scutellum; pronotal collar with a few close transverse rugulae on anterior half; mesopleuron with subcontiguous punctures tending to coalesce in oblique rows.

MALE. BL 5.2 mm; frons with rugulose reticulations; vertex with scattered tiny punctures; clypeus with median carina reaching apical margin; fontal platform broader than long; pronotal collar with a few close transverse rugulae on anterior half; mesopleuron with scattered tiny punctures ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 30–36. 30 ).

Material examined.

INDIA: Karnataka, Kodagu district, Betathur near Madikeri , 1 ♀, 24.xii.2019, Coll. P.

Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13573; Shimoga district , Hosagadde , 1 ♀, 29.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13635. Kerala, Kozhikode district, Purameri, 2 ♂ and 1 ♀, 15.xii.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13169 and 13823-13824; Kozhikode district, Madapally, 1 ♀, 5.1.2019, Coll. S. Anagha, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV. 13170; Kozhikode district , Madapally, 1♂, 13.xi.2019, Coll. K. Anju, ZSI/WGRC/ I.R.–INV.13435; Kasargod district ; Ranipuram, 1 ♀, 21.i.2020, Coll. S. Anagha, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13634. Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Govanur , 1 ♂ and 2 ♀, 6.i.2019. Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV. 13171 and 13825-13826. Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus, 1 ♀, 3.iii.2009, Coll. Rashmi and Aparna, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12779; Dehradun district , ZSI Campus , 1 ♂, 18.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/ I.R.–INV.13565.

Distribution. India: Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka (new state record), Kerala (new state record), Meghalaya, Nicobar Islands, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu (new state record), Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam ( Girish Kumar & Sheikh 2018).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Ampulicidae

Genus

Dolichurus

Loc

Dolichurus taprobanae Smith 1869

Anagha, S., Kumar, P. Girish & Sureshan, P. M. 2020
2020
Loc

Dolichurus reticulatus

Turner, R. E. 1912: 364
Cameron, P. 1899: 56
1899
Loc

Dolichusus clavipes

Krombein, K. V. 1979: 14
Cameron, P. 1897: 18
1897
Loc

Dolichurus bipunctatus

Krombein, K. V. 1979: 14
Bingham, C. T. 1896: 438
1896
Loc

Dolichurus taprobanae

Turner, R. E. 1912: 365
Smith, F. 1869: 304
1869
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