Antepipona guttata diffinis (de Saussure, 1855)

Kumar, Girish P., Carpenter, James M. & Sureshan, Pavittu M., 2016, A taxonomic review of the genus Antepipona de Saussure, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from India, Zootaxa 4150 (5), pp. 501-536 : 516

10a. Antepipona guttata diffinis (de Saussure, 1855)

Odynerus diffinis de Saussure 1855: 274 , pl. XIV fig 2, ♀ (in subgenus Odynerus division Epsilon ), “Les Indes Orientales” (BMNH); Smith 1857: 59 (cat., “ India ”); de Saussure 1867: 14 (in subgenus Leionotus division Epsilon ; Ƌ; China); Smith 1871: 376 (cat.); Dalla Torre 1894: 64 (cat.); Bingham 1897: 362 (key), 366, fig 106 (Sikkim; Bengal; Burma); Rothney 1903: 107 (Bengal, rare); Dalla Torre 1904: 43 (in subgenus Lionotus ; Malaya; Sumatra); von Schulthess 1914: 266; Dover & Rao 1922: 240 (Dhikala, Garhwal District); Dover 1925: 298 (not specifically different from Odynerus guttatus (Smith)) ; Dusmet 1930: 104 ( India: Khandala and Borivli; notes on variation); Giordani Soika 1941: 263 (in subgenus Rhynchium ; type examined; Odynerus rufescens Smith is a variety).

Antepipona guttata diffinis: Giordani Soika 1982: 205 , 210 (key), 212, figs 1–2; Lambert 2004: 558 (key); Nugroho et al. 2012: 80 (list).

Distribution. India: Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal; China; Malaysia; Myanmar; Indonesia: Sumatra.

Remarks. Giordani Soika, 1982, opined that most of the identifications by various workers, and probably all, really belong to A. rufescens (Smith) . No material was available for our studies; hence the description was taken from Giordani Soika, 1982.