Sericocampsomeris flavomaculata Gupta & Jonathan, 1989

Pham, Phong Huy & van Achterberg, Cornelis, 2023, Taxonomic study of the tribe Campsomerini (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae) from northern Vietnam, with the description of a new species and a checklist of Vietnamese scoliid wasps, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 70 (2), pp. 369-385 : 369

Sericocampsomeris flavomaculata Gupta & Jonathan, 1989

Fig. 6A, B

Sericocampsomeris flavomaculata Gupta and Jonathan, 1989: 53.

Specimens examined.

Vietnam: Ha Noi: 3 ♂♂, Lien Mac, Bac Tu Liem , 27.viii.2017, 4.ix.2017 ; 3 ♂♂, Red River Bank , Long Bien , 13.ix.2015, 13.xi.2015; Coll. Phong Huy Pham.

Diagnosis.

Male. Body length 17-21 mm. Clypeus broadly impunctate medially, with coarse, dense punctures laterally and posteriorly; frontal spatium with small, contiguous punctures; mesosoma moderately densely and shallowly punctate; clypeus black; scapula, tiny spots on posterolateral corners of mesoscutum, apical bands on T1-T5 and S2-S4, spots on S2 and S3 anterolaterally and small spots on S5 and S6 posterolaterally yellow; apical yellow bands on T1-T3 broad, covering more than one-half of their length, that on T1, broadly interrupted medially, those on T2 and T3, deeply and broadly emarginate, those on T4 and T5, covering less than one-half of their length and narrowly emarginate medially (Fig. 6A ); yellow bands on S2-S5 narrowly interrupted medially; vestiture white, except black on T6 and T7; tomentum on head and mesosoma silvery; wings yellowish, forewing slightly infumated apically; base of volsella with dense and long setae; outer margin of paramere with dense and long setae medially; inter margin with sparse and short setae medially (Fig. 6B ).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Vietnam (new record): Ha Noi (Fig. 8G ). Elsewhere: China (Hong Kong), India, Nepal ( Gupta and Jonathan 1989, 2003; Taylor and Barthélémy 2021; Chen et al. 2022).

Figures

Figure 6. Sericocampsomeris flavomaculata Gupta & Jonathan, 1989 and Sericocampsomeris rubromaculata rubromaculata (Smith, 1855). A, B. S. flavomaculata, male; C, D. S. rubromaculata rubromaculata, female (A, D. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Genitalia, ventral view; C. Head, frontal view).

Figure 8. Distribution of the Scoliid species from northern Vietnam. A. Campsomeriella (Annulimeris) annulata annulata (Fabricius, 1793); B. Campsomeriella (Campsomeriella) collaris collaris (Fabricius, 1775); C. Campsomeriella (Campsomeriella) collaris quadrifasciata (Fabricius, 1798); D. Megacampsomeris shillongensis (Betrem, 1928); E. Micromeriella marginella marginella (KIug, 1810); F. Phalerimeris phalerata phalerata (de Saussure, 1858); G. Sericocampsomeris flavomaculata Gupta and Jonathan, 1989; H. Sericocampsomeris rubromaculata rubromaculata (Smith, 1855); I. Sericocampsomeris vietnamica Pham & van Achterberg, sp. nov.