184) Xenorhynchium nitidulum (Fabricius, 1798)

Vespa nitidula Fabricius, 1798: 262 . Type data: Syntype, ZMUK. Type locality: India Orientalis .

Rygchium nitidulum; de Saussure, 1852: 105, pl. 14 fig. 6.

Odynerus nitidulum; Dover and Rao, 1922: 239.

Xenorhynchium nitidulum; van der Vecht, 1963: 112, figs. 7d, 8h, 8i.

Material examined: INDIA: Karnataka: Sangam, 8.viii.2018, 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas ; Sangam, 6.ix.2018, 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas ; Yelahanka Bengaluru, 6.xii.2018, 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Odisha: Nayagarh KVK, 28.i.2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas.

Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh; Myanmar; Pakistan. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a, 2014b & 2015b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019).