Scientific Name

Paraleptomenes miniatus miniatus (de Saussure, 1855)

Taxonomic Placement

Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae: Eumeninae: Odynerini: Paraleptomenes

Synonyms/Original combination

Odynerus miniatus de Saussure, 1855: 249.
Pterochilus pulchellus Smith, 1870: 190, pl. 21 fig. 8b.
Odynerus wroughtoni Cameron, 1898: 44.
Paraleptomenes miniatus miniatus; Giordani Soika, 1994: 123 (key), 125.

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 as wide as its median length. T1 subsessile, in dorsal view narrower than T2. T1 ferruginous. Colour: Body black with yellow and red ferruginous markings. Yellow markings are as follows: base of mandibles, transverse spots on clypeus at base, a vertical spot in interantennal space, at emargination of eyes, a line behind them, 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 scutellum and metanotum, a spot on mesepisternum, transverse band on apical margin of T1, T2 & S2, T2 with two lateral spots. T1 entirely ferruginous except apical yellow band.

Images

Adult- dorsal view

Distribution

India: Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: China; Iran; Mauritius; Pakistan; Taiwan.

Distribution within India

References

  • Girish Kumar, P., Carpenter, J.M. & Sharma, G. (2014b) A review of the genus Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika, 1970 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae: Odynerini) from the Indian subcontinent, with the description of a new species from the eastern Himalayas. Zootaxa, 3802(1), 131–143.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3802.1.11
  • 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
  • Rafi, M.A., Carpenter, J.M., Qasim, M., Shehzad, A., Zia, A., Khan, M.R., Mastoi, M.I., Naz, F., Ilyas, M., Shah, M. & Bhatti, A.R. (2017) The vespid fauna of Pakistan. Zootaxa, 4362(1), 1–28.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4362.1.1
  • Tan, J.L., Carpenter, J.M. & Achterberg, K.V. (2018) An illustrated key to the genera of Eumeninae from China, with a checklist of species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). ZooKeys, 740, 109–149.
    https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.740.22654