a) Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) abdominale abdominale (Illiger, 1802)

Vespa abdominalis Illiger 1802: 192 . Type data:?ZMB. Type locality: “ Bengalen ”

Vespa transversa Fabricius, 1804: 257 . Type data: UZMC. Type locality: “ Tranquebar ”

Rhygchium dichotomum de Saussure, 1852: 116 . Type data: MNHN. Type locality: “Indes Orientales”

Rygchium transversum; de Saussure, 1852:117.

Rhynchium abdominale; de Saussure, 1855: 172.

Ehynchium abdominale var. dichotomum; de Saussure, 1855:172.

Rhynchium transversum; Smith, 1857: 48.

Odynerus abdominalis; Bequaert, 1918: 292.

Anterhynchium abdominale; van der Vecht, 1963: 75.

Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore, GKVK, 930 m, 13°04’ N 77°34’ E, 12.xi.2014, 1♂, coll. Zammeroddin. Chikkamagaluru, Koppa , 22.iv.1982, 1♀, coll. N. V. A. Murthy; Mudigere, 975 m, 13°08’ N 75°37’ E, 17.v.2013, 1♀, coll. Chandan. Hassan, Agriculture college, 950 m, 12°58’ N 76°16’ E, 31.x.2013, 1♂, coll. Navya; 17.ix.2013, 1♀, coll. K.M. Pavithra. Kolar, Horticulture College, 830 m, N 13°07’ N 78°10’ E, 16.xii.2014, 1♀, coll. UG. Mangalore, Ullal beach, 30.ix.2011, 1♀ , coll. T. V. Aswathy . Kerala: Padannakkad, 14 m, 12°15’ N 75°07’ E, 14.viii.2015, 1♂, coll. A. Pannure.

Distribution. India: Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Myanmar; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar 2013c, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a, 2014b & 2015b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019).