Antepipona sibilans ( Cameron, 1903 )

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 : 340-341

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/119059
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13184557
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8. Antepipona sibilans ( Cameron, 1903) View in CoL

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1903. Odynerus sibilans Cameron , 129, ♂, Barrackpore” ( OUM) .

1982. Antepipona sibilans ; Giordani Soika, 206, 207 (key), 225, figs. 23–28 (syn.: A. deflendiformis ; India).

Material examined: INDIA: Kerala, Kannur district, Thalassery mangroves, Koduvally , 1 ♂, 23.vi.2016, Coll. K. Sruthi, ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.-INV.6972 .

Diagnosis: Apical emargination of clypeus moderately deep; apical antennal article in male hooked, and its apex reaching middle of tenth article; metanotal teeth close to metanotal margin; distance between metanotal teeth twice as much distance between each tooth and lateral metanotal margin; head and mesosoma densely punctate; pronotum with horizontal series of punctures on middle third of anterior face, close to each other and separated by thin carina.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Nepal; Pakistan ( Girish Kumar et al, 2016).