41) Allorhynchium argentatum (Fabricius, 1804)

Vespa argentata Fabricius, 1804: 260 . Type data: Male, UZMC. Type locality: Sumatra, Indonesia.

Rhynchium argentatum; de Saussure, 1852: 115.

Rhynchium clypeatum Cameron, 1900: 531 .

Odynerus argentatus; Dover, 1925: 297.

Allorhynchium argentatum; van der Vecht, 1963: 60 (list), fig. 5a.

Allorhynchium clypeatum; van der Vecht, 1963: 60 (list).

Allorhynchium metallicum; Gusenleitner, 1988b: 182.

Allorhynchium argentatum argentatum; Gusenleitner, 2006: 693.

Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Sangam, 08.viii.2018, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Kerala:

Ernakulam (Perumbavoor), 33 m, 25.x.2011, 1♀ & 1♂, coll. T. V. Aswathy. Idukki, 1200 m,

10.xi.2011, 1♂, coll. T. V. Aswathy .

Distribution. India:Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh,

Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Bhutan; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand. (Gusenleitner 2006 & 2011, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b, 2015a & 2015b, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 a, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Nidup et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2019).