Dicranorhina varicornis ( Cameron, 1904 )

Mawadda, N. V. Ayisha, Kumar, P. Girish, Sureshan, P. M. & Rajan, Tessy, 2019, A taxonomic review of the genus Dicranorhina Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabroninae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of three new species from Southern Western Ghats, Zootaxa 4629 (1), pp. 109-121 : 120

Dicranorhina varicornis ( Cameron, 1904)

Piagetia varicornis Cameron, 1904:11 , Holotype or syntypes: India: Sikkim: no specific locality (BMNH).

Diagnosis. Clypeus depressed, apex slightly waved inwards, disc keeled in the middle. Metapleuron obscurely striated above. Propodeal disc on the basal part irregularly wrinkled and medially with a fine keel. Hind femoral tooth short and oblique. Setae silvery on clypeus and posterior slope of propodeum. Clypeus, antenna, prothorax, T1, T6 and legs extensively ferruginous. Triangular mark on the sides of mesoscutum near tegulae is red, setae on its side with golden hue. Size 8 mm.

Distribution. India: Sikkim.

Remarks. No material is available for the study; hence this description is taken from Tsuneki (1983).

Explanation of distribution map. Distribution map of Dicranorhina species from the Indian subcontinent