Scolia (Discolia) fasciatopunctata dunensis

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-

2. Scolia (Discolia) fasciatopunctata dunensis ( Betrem,

1928)

1928. Scolia (Scolia) dunensis Betrem, 251, ♂, Dehra Dun,

India (NZC).

1964. Scolia (Discolia) dunensis; Betrem & Bradley, 92.

Diagnosis: Female: Front almost impunctate with few fine punctures along ocellar area; scapulae and mesoscutum with close to sub-contiguous punctures; scutellum with dense punctures at anterior half, posterior half almost impunctate; raised clypeal disc impunctate.

Colour: Integument and vestiture black; metasoma with faint bluish reflections; T3 with light to dark red band which may be narrow to broad, sometimes band interrupted or constricted at middle. Wings dark brown with predominant bluish reflections.

Male: Antennal flagellum not clavate towards apex.

Colour: Integument and vestiture entirely black. Wings light brown, forewing darker anteriorly, with coppery reflections.

Length: Female, 16-22 mm; Male, 11-15 mm.

Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park , 7♀ & 6♂, 8.x.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.

Distribution: India: Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh (new record), Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.