Sceliphron intrudens
- 1. Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India.
- 2. Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. & kpgiris @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2121 - 0165
- 3. Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala- 673635, India. binoy _ doz @ uoc. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4309 - 5460
- 4. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal- 700053, India.
- 5. Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. & pmsuresh 43 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4722 - 6368
Description
7. Sceliphron intrudens (F. Smith, 1858)
Pelopeus intrudens F. Smith, 1858: 15, ♀, ♂. Lectotype: ♀, Indonesia: Sulawesi: no specific locality (BMNH), designated by van der Vecht & van Breugel 1968: 212.
Diagnosis. Female. Frons distinctly pilose; clypeus incised medially; mesoscutum and propodeum transversely striate; scutellum and metanotum longitudinally striate; mesepisternum more or less coarsely punctate; metasoma smooth and shining; petiole pale yellow.
Male. Similar to female except smaller in size (F. Smith 1858; van der Vecht & van Breugel 1968).
Note. No specimens were seen during the present study, hence the above diagnosis has been based on the published descriptions (F. Smith 1858; Bingham 1897; van der Vecht & van Breugel 1968).
Distribution. India: Sikkim, Meghalaya. Elsewhere: Indonesia; Malaysia; Maldives; Myanmar; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam (Jonathan & Kundu 2003; Pulawski 2021).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH
- Family
- Sphecidae
- Genus
- Sceliphron
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- F. Smith
- Species
- intrudens
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- lectotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Sceliphron intrudens (Smith, 1858) sec. Anagha, Kumar, Binoy, Mazumdar & Sureshan, 2021
References
- Smith, F. (1858) Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected at Celebes by Mr. A. R. Wallace. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Zoology, 3, 4 - 27. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1858. tb 02506. x
- Bingham, C. T. (1897) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Hymenoptera. Vol. I. Wasps and Bees. Taylor and Francis, London, 579 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 100738
- Jonathan, J. K. & Kundu, B. G. (2003) Insecta: Hymenoptera: Sphecidae. In: Fauna of Sikkim, State Fauna Series. 9 (4). Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, pp. 417 - 446.
- Pulawski, W. J. (2021) Catalog of Sphecidae. Available on: http: // research. calacademy. org / ent / catalog _ sphecidae / (accessed 15 February 2021)