Scolia (Discolia) mixta ( Fabricius, 1798 )

Sheikh, Altaf Hussan, Kumar, P. Girish, Bhandari, Rita & Thomas, Moni, 2017, First record of three species of Hairy Wasps (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) from Madhya Pradesh, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3), pp. 282-282 : 282-

3. Scolia (Discolia) mixta ( Fabricius, 1798)

1798. Tiphia mixta Fabricius , 254, ♀, Tranquebar, India ( ZMUC) .

1964. Scolia (Discolia) mixta ; Bradley, 17.

Diagnosis: Female: Dorso-median area of propodeum with mostly subcontiguous punctures, dorso-lateral area not broadly impunctate anteriorly; upper plate of metapleuron with small, close punctures at its upper third, lower two-thirds impunctate; clypeal disc impunctate in middle.

Colour: Integument reddish brown and yellow. Head almost entirely bright yellow, following ferruginous: mandibles; scapus; antennal flagellum except at flagellum apically; frontal area; streak behind posterior ocelli extended between upper eye orbits; gena and temple partly. Mesosoma predominantly ferruginous, following bright yellow: pronotum entirely; scutellum; metanotum except sometimes being ferruginous. Metasoma ferruginous with broad yellow bands on T2–T4, that on T2 and T3 covering almost entire dorsal surface, that on

T4 very broad but usually interrupted in middle. Vestiture almost entirely reddish except for apical fringes on T2– T6, having fiery tinge. Wings yellowish hyaline, forewing with well defined dark apical mark.

Length: 17 mm.

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Checklist of Scoliidae of Madhya Pradesh

(1). Campsomeriella (Campsomeriella) collaris collaris (Fabricius, 1775) - India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep , Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana , Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Nepal ; Sri Lanka .

(2). Megacampsomeris reticulata (Cameron, 1892) - India: Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu .

Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park , 5♀, 16.xi.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.

Distribution: India: Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya

Pradesh (new record), Tamil Nadu.

(3). Scolia (Discolia) affinis Guerin, 1838 - India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan.

(4). Scolia (Discolia) binotata binotata Fabricius, 1804 - India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, Diu, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh (new record), Maharashtra, Manipur, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal). Elsewhere: Sri Lanka .

(5). Scolia (Discolia) cruenta Klug, 1805 - India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.

(6). Scolia (Discolia) fasciatopunctata dunensis Betrem, 1928 - India: Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh (new record), Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal .

(7). Scolia (Discolia) mixta ( Fabricius, 1798) - India: Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh (new record) , Tamil Nadu .

Summary

Three species of scoliid wasps, namely, Scolia (Discolia) fasciatopunctata dunensis Betrem , S. (D.) binotata binotata Fabricius , and S. (D.) mixta (Fabricius) are reported here for the first time from Madhya Pradesh. All