Scientific Name
Paraleptomenes humbertianus (de Saussure, 1867)
Taxonomic Placement
Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae: Eumeninae: Odynerini: Paraleptomenes
Synonyms/Original combination
Odynerus humbertianus de Saussure, 1867: 13.
Paraleptomenes humbertianus; Krombein, 1991: 8.
Brief diagnosis
Female: Claws bifid. Propodeal orifice broad and round dorsally. Anterior face of pronotum with 2 small, deeply impressed foveae. Foveae coalesced, punctate laterally. Scutellum convex, metanotum very oblique. Metasoma not petiolate. T1 in dorsal view broader than its median length. T1 subsessile, in dorsal view narrower than T2. T3 with 3 broad humps, one in middle and 2 lateral pre-apically. Colour: Body black with the following yellow markings: base of mandibles, transverse spots on clypeus at base, spot in interantennal, ventral side of scape, two spots on dorsal side of pronotum, a spot anteriorly and another posteriorly on tegula, parategula, two spots on either sides of metanotum, transverse band on apical margin of T1, T2 & S2.
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Distribution
India: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu.
Elsewhere: Sri Lanka.
Distribution within India
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