a) Paraleptomenes miniatus mephitis (Cameron, 1901)

Odynerus mephitis Cameron 1901b: 30 . Type data: Male, BMNH. Type locality: “Ceylon” (Sri Lanka).

Odynerus miniatus var. mephitis; Giordani Soika, 1941: 266.

Odynerusrufo-bimaculatus Cameron, 1909: 136.

Paraleptomenes mephitis; Krombein, 1978: 721-734.

Paraleptomenes miniatus mephitis; Giordani Soika, 1994: 123 (key), 127.

Distribution. India: Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014b, Pannure et al. 2016).