Allorhynchium metallicum (de Saussure, 1852 )

Kumar, P. Girish & Rajmohana, K., 2018, Taxonomic studies on Wasps of Kottooli and Thalassery-Dharmadam Mangroves of Kerala (Insecta: Hymenoptera), Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4), pp. 337-349 : 340

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/119059
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13184553
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scientific name	Allorhynchium metallicum (de Saussure, 1852 )
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6. Allorhynchium metallicum (de Saussure, 1852) View in CoL

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1852. Rygchium metallicum de Saussure , 114. Lectotype ♀, Bengal ( MP).

1963. Allorhynchium metallicum ; van der Vecht, 60 (list).

Material examined: INDIA: Kerala, Kannur district, Thalassery mangroves, Kuyyali , 1 ♂, 11.vi.2016, Coll. K. Sruthi, ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.-INV.6971 ; Kerala, Thalassery mangroves, Koduvally , 1 ♂, 10.viii.2016, Coll. K. Sruthi, ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.-INV.7261 .

Diagnosis: Median area of clypeus not strongly punctate, diameter of punctures almost equal or less than distance between punctures, interspaces not carinate; T1 and T2 with very small, sparse and very thin punctures except at lateral and apical portions strongly punctured; male antenna with last segment hooked apically and almost reaching apex of tenth antennal segment in curved position; male S7 with distinctly uplifted basal area.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep Islands, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Indonesia: Borneo, Moluccas; Maldives Islands; Malaysia: Sarawak; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Taiwan (Sheikh et. al., 2017).