158) Rhynchium carnaticum (Fabricius, 1798)

Vespa carnatica Fabricius, 1798: 261 . Type data: Syntype, UZMC. Type locality: “Tranquebariae”.

Rhynchium carnaticum; de Saussure, 1852: 112.

Rhynchium brunneum var. carnaticum; de Saussure, 1855: 172.

Rhynchium haemorrhoidale var. carnaticum; Maindron, 1882: 277.

Odynerus haemorrhoidalis carnaticus; Dover, 1925: 298.

Rhynchium carnaticum; Gusenleitner, 2006: 692.

Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore, GKVK, 930 m, 7.x.2012, 1♀; 14.iii.2013, 1♂, 1.ii.2014, 2♀, coll. A. Pannure.

Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Indonesia; Pakistan; Sri Lanka. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2013, 2014a & 2015b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b).