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Eustenogaster eximia Bingham 1890

Description

Eustenogaster eximia (Bingham, 1890)

Ischnogaster eximius Bingham, 1890: 244.

This species is similar to E. latebricola Saito, sp. nov., but can be distinguished from the latter by the combination of the following characters: clypeus and supraclypeal area less convex; mesoscutum with fine, shallow punctures; scutellum less convex (Fig. 49); terminal three antennal flagellomeres orange; metasoma brown, but second to fourth terga posteriorly black; second sternum entirely black; wings semi-hyaline, brown, darker than in E. latebricola; legs brown, fore femur and tibia yellow beneath.

Material examined. Sri Lanka: 1Ψ (RMNH), Kanneliya Jungle, Gal[le] Dist., 13–16.viii.1972, K.V. Krombein & P.B. Karunaratne; 1Ψ (RMNH), Induruwa (Jungle), Gilimale, Rat[napura] Dist., 13–15.iii.1979, K.V. Krombein et al ..

Distribution: India; Sri Lanka; China: Yunnan (recorded by Dong & Otsuka 1997, but needs confirmation); Thailand; Malaysia: Peninsular Malaysia.

Note: Dover and Rao (1922) described Stenogaster eximioides from “Nadgani, Nilgiri Hills” (Tamli Nadu Province, India) and Dover (1925) synonymized it with Stenogaster eximia. Bell (1936) described Paravespa eva from Bombay (= Mumbai, N. Kanara District, India). Das and Gupta (1984) reinstated eximioides as a subspecies of E. eximia and treated Paravespa eva as a junior synonym of E. eximia eximioides. As no specimens from India that match the color pattern of eximioides are available for the present study, the taxonomic status of both Stenogaster eximioides Dover and Rao, 1922 and Paravespa eva Bell, 1936 deserves future study.

Notes

Published as part of Saito, Fuki & Kojima, Jun-Ichi, 2007, A taxonomic revision of the hover wasp genus Eustenogaster van der Vecht (Insecta: Hymenoptera; Vespidae, Stenogastrinae), pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 1556 on page 26, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.178242

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Bingham
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Vespidae
Genus
Eustenogaster
Species
eximia
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Eustenogaster eximia Bingham, 1890 sec. Saito & Kojima, 2007

References

  • Bingham, C. T. (1890) On new and little known Hymenoptera from India, Burma and Ceylon. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 5, 233 - 252.
  • Dong, D. & Otsuka, K. (1997) The Stenogastridae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of China. Journal of Southwest Agricultural University, 19, 205 - 212.
  • Dover, C. & Rao, H. S. (1922) A note on the Diplopterous wasps in the collection of the Indian museum. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (N. S.), 18, 235 - 249.
  • Dover, C. (1925) [1924] Further notes on the India diplopterous wasps. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (N. S.), 20, 289 - 305.
  • Bell, T. R. (1936) A description of a new species of wasp assumed to belong the family Vespidae and named Paravespa eva; with remarks upon its affinities with the genus Ischnogaster and reasons for the creation of the new genus Paravespa. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 38, 803 - 806, pl. 20.
  • Das, B. P. & Gupta, V. K. (1984) [1983] A catalogue of the families Stenogastridae and Vespidae from the Indian subregion (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Oriental Insects, 17, 395 - 464.