Gastrosericus moricei Saunders, 1910

Ayisha Mawadda, N. V. & Kumar, P. Girish, 2022, On the geographic distribution of Gastrosericus Spinola, 1839 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) in India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 122 (4), pp. 415-424 : 416

Gastrosericus moricei Saunders, 1910 ( Figures 1–8 )

Gastrosericus moricei E. Saunders, 1910: 529 , ♂. Holotype: ♂, Algeria: Biskra (OXUM, F.D. Morice coll.).

Material examined: India: Andhra Pradesh, Guntur district, Nagarjunakonda (16°31’19’’N, 79°14’09’’E), (1 female), 26.vii.1962, Coll. B. Nath, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC/IR/INV/17857 .

Note: The specimen studied here is similar to the Indian populations as mentioned by Pulawski (1995). In the examined specimen, femora of all legs blackish brown and fore and mid tibiae light ferruginous dorsally, and hind tibiae blackish brown.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh (new state record), Gujarat, Rajasthan. Elsewhere: Algeria; Bahrain; Burkina Faso; Egypt; Gambia; Israel; Libya; Mali; Mauritania; Morocco; Niger; Oman; Pakistan; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Somalia; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Tajikistan; Thailand; Togo; Tunisia; United Arab Emirates; Uzbekistan; Yemen ( Pulawski, 1995; Pulawski, 2021).

Figures

Figure 1-8. Gastrosericus moricei Saunders, female. 1, Habitus, lateral view; 2, Habitus, dorsal view; 3, Head, frontal view; 4, Clypeus; 5, Head & thorax, dorsal view; 6, Antennae; 7, Gaster; 8, Pygidium.