Antepipona excelsa Giordani Soika, 1982

Kumar, Girish P., Carpenter, James M. & Sureshan, Pavittu M., 2016, A taxonomic review of the genus Antepipona de Saussure, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from India, Zootaxa 4150 (5), pp. 501-536 : 514

8. Antepipona excelsa Giordani Soika, 1982

Antepipona excelsa Giordani Soika 1982: 205 , 208 (key), 249, ♀, “ Tibet: Rongshar Valley , 12000 ft ” ( BMNH); Gusenleitner 1987: 266, figs 8–9 ( Nepal); Lambert 2004: 556 (key).

Diagnosis. ♀. S2 very bulging at base, forming well distinguishable anterior side, separated from ventral side by means of fold in shape of carina; anterior carina of pronotum sharply angular at shoulder; posterior face of propodeum with two transverse, short but well developed upper carina ( Fig. 41 ); posterior face of propodeum with moderately strong punctures and striations.

Figures

FIGURES 37 – 42. Antepipona excelsa pallida Giordani Soika, ♀. 37. Body, profile. 38. Head, frontal view. 39. Head and anterior face of pronotum, dorsal view. 40. Mesosoma, dorsal view. 41. Propodeum. 42. Metasoma, dorsal view.