Antepipona ovalis (de Saussure, 1853)

Sheikh, Altaf Hussain, Kumar, P. Girish, Thomas, Moni & Bhandari, Rita, 2017, Taxonomic studies on Vespid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae) of Dumna Nature Park, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3), pp. 198-198 : 198-

11. Antepipona ovalis (de Saussure, 1853)

1853. Odynerus ovalis de Saussure , 215. Type, “ Les Indes Orientales ; Pondichery ” ( MSNG) .

1970. Antepipona ovalis ; van der Vecht, 16, figures 1-2.

Diagnosis: Female: Clypeus very wide, weakly emarginated, with few small punctures; mesopleuron moderately punctate; metanotum with very small teeth, close to lateral metanotal margin; posterior side of propodeum without carinae; S2 not bulging at base.

Colour Description: Black, with apex of mandible, lower face of funicular segments and tarsal segments ferruginous. Yellow: base of mandible; clypeus; scape except black line on upper surface toward apex; quadrangular mark on lower half of front, base distinctly wider than apex; large stain on ocular sinus, which bulges out to lower frons, reaching up to clypeus; large stain on temple; broad band on dorsal surface of pronotum; broad mark on mesepisternum; scutellum except posterior margin; metanotum; two large spots on propodeum; tegula; parategula; front face of all coxae; fore and mid femora; hind femur posteriorly; all tibiae; T1 with large apical band, wider at middle, together with two large lateral spots; T2 with two large lateral spots at base, and it connecting to apical band, which greatly enlarged at middle and on sides; T3-T5 with comparatively narrow band, but strongly dilated at sides; round spot on T6; two broad spots at base of S2; large apical band, strongly enlarged at middle and sides on S2-S4. Wings slightly browned.

Size (H+M+T1+T2): 7 mm.

Male: Clypeus much wider than long, with large emargination at apex; last antennal article of medium size, slightly arched, rapidly narrowed from base to apex, which reaching to end of tenth article.

Size (H+M+T1+T2): 6 mm.

Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park , 3♀ & 1♂, 3.xii.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.

Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh (new record), Maharashtra, Odisha, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan, China, Sri Lanka.