Eumenes placens Nurse, 1903

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 : 486

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

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Eumenes placens Nurse, 1903
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11. Eumenes placens Nurse, 1903 View in CoL

(FigS 53–60)

Eumenes placens Nurse, 1903: 530 View in CoL , ♀, “Murree—Kashmir Road, about 4000 ft.” (BMNH); Giordani Soika, 1960: 159 (key; Kashmir; Simla); van der Vecht & Fischer, 1972: 131 (cat.).

Eumenes coarctatus var. placens View in CoL ; Dover, 1925 (1924): 291 (♂).

Diagnosis. ♀ (Figs 53–57). Lateral margin of tegula with distinct emargination in anterior third (fig. 55); dorsal Side of pronotUm almoSt flat; T2 with hairS Very Short, mUch Shorter than thoSe of T1 (Fig. 53); temple with hairS; clypeUS with SparSe Shallow pUnctUreS, apex of clypeUS Strongly emarginate (Fig. 54); fronS, Vertex, dorSal and lateral SUrfaceS of pronotUm, meSoScUtUm, ScUtellUm and metanotUm cloSely pUnctUred; pUnctUreS of T2 Smaller than that of T1; T1 aS long aS meSoSoma, narrow at baSe and broadened at apical half.

Colour description. ♀. Head and mesosoma black with yellow and ferruginous markings; metasoma extenSiVely ferrUginoUS with few yellow and black areaS. Yellow: mandibleS except for baSe; clypeUS except median Spot; Scape below; mark on interantennal Space toUching baSe of clypeUS; narrow line from clypeUS along lower half of inner orbitS; line on temple towardS Vertex; greater part of pronotUm; two lateral SpotS narrowed poSteriorly on meSoScUtUm; tegUla; baSal half of ScUtellUm; metanotUm; large mark on meSopleUron; Small Spot on Upper metapleUron; large SUblateral mark on propodeUm; two SUblateral SpotS at middle and narrow apical band on T1; medially interrUpted SUbbaSal band and wider, medially inciSed, apical band on T2; broad apical band on S2; narrow apical bandS on all remaining terga and Sterna. FerrUginoUS markingS (other than in metaSoma): antenna except Ventral Side of Scape yellow; Varying degree of markingS on meSoSoma. LegS yellow to browniSh yellow. WingS hyaline; coStal margin of forewing with flaVoUS tinge. Body length: 12 mm.

Ƌ ( FigS 58–60 View FIGURES 55 – 60 ). Clypeus elongate ( Figs 59, 60 View FIGURES 55 – 60 ). Colour similar to that of ♀ except clypeus entirely yellow; large SUblateral mark on propodeUm tranSVerSely interrUpted by brown markingS. Body length: 11.5 mm.

Material examined. PAKISTAN: PUnjab, Rawalpindi diStrict, MUrree, Ban , 1 ♀, 9.ix.1928 , Coll. H.S. PrUthi, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8297; Murree, Tret , 1 ♂, 5.x.1928 , Coll. H.S. Pruthi, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS/I.R-INV.8298.

Distribution. PakiStan; India: Himachal PradeSh, JammU & KaShmir.

WGRS

Western Ghat Regional Station of the Zoological Survey of India at Calicut

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Eumenes

Loc

Eumenes placens Nurse, 1903

Sureshan, Pavittu M. 2017
2017
Loc

Eumenes placens

Vecht 1972: 131
Nurse 1903: 530
1903
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