Allorhynchium argentatum ( Fabricius, 1804 )

Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, P. Girish, Gupta, Ankita & Sureshan, P. M., 2019, Checklist of vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Goa, India, with new records and a key to species, Zootaxa 4585 (2), pp. 269-294 : 270

1) Allorhynchium argentatum ( Fabricius, 1804)

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Uespa argentata Fabricius, 1804: 260. Type: Male, “ Sumatra ” (ZMUC).

Material examined: INDIA: Goa: Sattari, Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary, Surla Plateau , 10-15. i.2017, 2 ♂, coll. Sandesh M. Gawas; Tiswadi , Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary , mangroves, 1♀, 19.v.2018, coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /I.R.-INV.11665; Sanguem, Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary, 1♂, 16.v.2018, coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /I.R.-INV.11666 .

Distribution. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa (new record), Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Global: Bhutan; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand. ( Girish Kumar et al. 2016a, Nidup et al. 2018).

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Habitus. ♀, l–2, Allorhynchium argentatum; ♀, 3–4, Antepipona ceylonica; ♀, 5–6, Antepipona ovalis.