69) Antepipona rufescens (Smith, 1857)

Odynerus rufescens Smith 1857: 61 . Type data: Female, BMNH. Type locality: “Ceram”. Odynerus diffinis var. rufescens: Giordani Soika 1941: 263 . Antepipona rufescens: Giordani Soika 1982a [1981]: 205, 209 (key), 235. Antepipona ferruginea Kim and Yamane, 2003: 287 . Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Nandi Hills Chikkaballapur, 30.vi.2016, 1 ♀, Coll. S K Rajeshwari. Distribution. India: Karnataka (new record), Kerala, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura. Elsewhere: China

(including Taiwan); Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand. (Giordani Soika 1982a [1981], Gusenleit-

ner 2011, Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b).