Megacampsomeris shillongensis (Betrem, 1928)

Pham, Phong Huy & van Achterberg, Cornelis, 2023, Taxonomic study of the tribe Campsomerini (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae) from northern Vietnam, with the description of a new species and a checklist of Vietnamese scoliid wasps, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 70 (2), pp. 369-385 : 369

Megacampsomeris shillongensis (Betrem, 1928)

Fig. 3A, B

Campsomeris (Megacampsomeris) shillongensis Betrem, 1928: 155-156.

Campsomeris (Megacampsomeris) lindenii Lepeletier: Betrem 1928: 151-152.

Megacamposeris shillongensis (Betrem): Betrem in Betrem and Bradley 1972: 164.

Specimens examined.

Vietnam: Lao Cai: 2 ♂♂, Cat Cat, Sa Pa, 21.ix.2017, Coll. Phong Huy Pham.

Diagnosis.

Male. Body length 16-18 mm. Frontal spatium densely punctate, with small impunctate area posteriorly at the middle; hind tibial spur white; antenna reddish-brown; base of mandible, clypeus, scrobe, large spot on gena, scapula, dorsal surface of pronotum, callosity, small spot at posterior corners of mesoscutum, tegula anteriorly, fore coxa, stripe on outer surface of all femora, outer surface of fore and mid-tibiae and outer surface of first fore tarsal segment yellow; apical yellow bands on T1-T4 narrow, about one-third of T1 and about one-fifth of T2-T4 (Fig. 3A ); S2-S4 with small apical yellow bands, that on S2, interrupted narrowly and those on S3 and S4 interrupted more widely; erect vestiture goldish-white, except black on three last metasomal segments; wings yellowish, lightly infuscated at apex; genitalia with paramere moderately long and stout, base of volsella with dense and long setae, distance between base of these setae less than their own diameter (Fig. 3B ).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Vietnam (new record): Lao Cai (Fig. 8D ). Elsewhere: India, Myanmar, Nepal ( Betrem 1928; Gupta and Jonathan 2003; Girish Kumar and Pham Ph 2015).

Figures

Figure 3. Megacampsomeris shillongensis (Betrem, 1928), male. A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Genitalia, ventral view.

Figure 8. Distribution of the Scoliid species from northern Vietnam. A. Campsomeriella (Annulimeris) annulata annulata (Fabricius, 1793); B. Campsomeriella (Campsomeriella) collaris collaris (Fabricius, 1775); C. Campsomeriella (Campsomeriella) collaris quadrifasciata (Fabricius, 1798); D. Megacampsomeris shillongensis (Betrem, 1928); E. Micromeriella marginella marginella (KIug, 1810); F. Phalerimeris phalerata phalerata (de Saussure, 1858); G. Sericocampsomeris flavomaculata Gupta and Jonathan, 1989; H. Sericocampsomeris rubromaculata rubromaculata (Smith, 1855); I. Sericocampsomeris vietnamica Pham & van Achterberg, sp. nov.