Scientific Name

Indodynerus capitatus Gusenleitner, 2008

Taxonomic Placement

Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae: Eumeninae: Odynerini: Indodynerus

Synonyms/Original combination

Indodynerus capitatus Gusenleitner, 2008: 1500, 1501.

Brief diagnosis

Female: Claws bifid. Mesepisternum without epicnemial carina.Scutum and scutellum punctate. Forewing with prestigma more than half the length of peterostigma. Third submarginal cell separated from apex of marginal cell by distance longer than its minimum width Tegula never exceeds parategula posteriorly. Axillary fossa narrow, slit like. Metasoma not petiolate. Colour: Body black with following yellow markings: basal transverse band on clypeus, transverse band on pronotum and broad apical band on T1.

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Distribution

India: Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh.
Elsewhere: Pakistan.

Distribution within India

References

  • Girish Kumar, P., Lambert, K. & Mohammed Shareef, K.P. (2013a) New distributional records of Indodynerus capitatus Gusenleitner, 2008 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology, 33(1), 81–83.
  • Girish Kumar, P. & Sharma, G. (2015b) Taxonomic studies on Vespid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae) of Chhattisgarh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 7(14), 8096–8127.
    https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2426.7.14.8096-8127
  • Pannure, A., Belavadi, V.V. & Carpenter, J.M. (2016) Taxonomic studies on potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) of south India. Zootaxa, 4171(1), 1–50.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.1
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4362.1.1
  • Sheikh, A.H., Girish Kumar, P., Thomas, M. & Bhandari, R. (2017) Taxonomic studies on vespid wasps (hymenoptera: vespoidea: vespidae) of Dumna Nature Park, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Records of the zoological survey of India, 117(3), 198–213.