Eumenes comberi Dover, 1925

Sureshan, Pavittu M., 2017, A taxonomic review of the Indian species of the genus Eumenes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), Zootaxa 4317 (3), pp. 469-498 : 479-480

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.3.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4489827

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scientific name

Eumenes comberi Dover, 1925
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7. Eumenes comberi Dover, 1925 View in CoL

Eumenes comberi Dover, 1925 View in CoL , 293, fig. 4, ♀—“Karachi; Shapali, Bombay Pres.” (BMNH); Giordani Soika, 1941: 222, 224, fig. 18 (1) (notes on type; in subgenus Eumenes View in CoL ); Giordani Soika, 1960: 159 (key); Giordani Soika, 1961: 240 (in lucasius group); van der Vecht & Fischer, 1972: 126 (cat.); Gusenleitner, 1973: 120 (syn.: E. miranda View in CoL ).

Eumenes miranda Kostylev, 1940: 141 View in CoL , ♀ (in subgenus Eumenes View in CoL ) — “Dzhili -Kul, rivière Vakhch, Tadjikistan” (coll. Gussakovskii, ZIRAS); Giordani Soika, 1961: 240 (in lucasius group); Gusenleitner, 1972: 69 (key), 113, fig. 15 (Iran); van der Vecht & Fischer, 1972: 130 (mirandus; cat.); Gusenleitner, 1973: 120 (syn. of E. comberi Dover View in CoL ).

Diagnosis. T1 Very long, Slender, lateral marginS of poStpetiolUS SUbStraight and parallel, in profile View, not Swollen in apical half; head 1.16x wider than long ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1 – 6 of DoVer, 1925: 293); temple withoUt hairS; pronotUm not Very prominent; head little broader than meSoSoma, diStinctly broader than long; cloSely bUt not coarSely pUnctUred; pUnctUreS Scattered and redUced on clypeUS; pUnctUreS on pronotUm, meSoScUtUm, ScUtellUm and propodeUm aS thoSe on head.

Colour description. ♀: Body black with yellow markings. Yellow: clypeus; mark on frons above interantennal Space; ocUlar SinUS; Scape except triangUlar dorSal black area; long Stripe on temple; pronotUm except near tegUlae; tegUlae; Spot on ScUtellUm; two SpotS on meSopleUra; oVal marking on SideS of propodeUm; markingS on metaSoma aS that of E. pomiformis , bUt apical yellow band on petiole not notched in middle; Ventral Side of petiole with two long yellow StripeS which occUpy the entire apex and merge with the apical band on the dorSal Side; S2 except at baSe; legS except mid and hind femora on external Side black. FlagellUm browniSh black with apical three flagellomereS red. Body with SilVery white pUbeScence. ♂: ColoUr Similar to ♀, except two anterior yellow markS on ScUtUm, moSt of ScUtellUm, meSopleUra and propodeUm yellow; two dorSal yellow SpotS on petiole; mid femora entirely yellow; flagellUm with baSal flagellomereS reddiSh beneath. Body length: 10 mm.

Material examined. PAKISTAN: Karachi, 1 ♂, “receiVed from W Horn,” AMNH.

Distribution. India: “Shapali, Bombay PreSidency”; PakiStan; TajikiStan; Iran.

Remarks. No ♀ specimens were available for our studies; hence the description of the ♀ was taken from DoVer (1925) and Giordani Soika (1960).

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Eumenes

Loc

Eumenes comberi Dover, 1925

Sureshan, Pavittu M. 2017
2017
Loc

Eumenes miranda

Gusenleitner 1973: 120
Gusenleitner 1972: 69
Vecht 1972: 130
Giordani 1961: 240
Kostylev 1940: 141
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