Gastrosericus wroughtoni Cameron, 1889

Ayisha Mawadda, N. V. & Kumar, P. Girish, 2022, On the geographic distribution of Gastrosericus Spinola, 1839 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) in India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 122 (4), pp. 415-424 : 419-422

Gastrosericus wroughtoni Cameron, 1889 (Figures

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On the geographic distribution of GastroseriCUs Spinola, 1839 ( Hymenoptera : Crabronidae ) in India

Gastrosericus wroughtoni Cameron, 1889: 147 , ♀ (as Wroughtoni , incorrect original capitalization). Holotype: ♀, India: Maharashtra: Pune (BMNH).

Material examined: India: Andhra Pradesh, Chittoor district, Tirupati, Mangalam (13°39’05’’N, 79°27’43’’E), (1 male), 21.vi.2021, Coll. Dintomon Joy, ZSIK Regd .

No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV/17859. Kerala, Kannur district, Kannapuram (11°58’21’’N, 75°19’52’’E), (1 male), 23.iv.2019, Coll. C. Charesh, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC/IR/INV/17736 ; Kannur district, Madayipara (12°02’25’’N, 75°15’37’’E), (2 males & 1 female), 6.iii.2020, Coll. N.V. Ayisha Mawadda & Party, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV/17737–17739. Tamil Nadu ,

N. V. Ayisha Mawadda and P. Girish Kumar Kanyakumari district, Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary , Alagiyapandipuram Range, Keeriparai (8°22’29’’N, 77°25’32’’E), (4 males), 19.ii.2020, Coll. Souvik Sen & Party, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV/16840– 16843; Kanyakumari district , Alagiyapandipuram Range, Pallakulam (9°03’16’’N, 78°16’30’’E), (1 male & 1 female) ,

14.ii.2020, Coll. Souvik Sen & Party, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/ WGRC/IR/INV/16844 & 16845; Thirunelveli district , Gadanam dam site (8’52’41’’N, 77°31’48’’E), (1 male & 1 female) , 30.ix.2018, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV/16846 & 16847 .

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh (new state record), Kerala (new state record), Maharashtra,

Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Pakistan; Sri Lanka ( Pulawski, 1995; Pulawski, 2021).