Scientific Name

Parancistrocerus vicinus Giordani Soika, 1994

Taxonomic Placement

Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae: Eumeninae: Odynerini: Parancistrocerus

Synonyms/Original combination

Parancistrocerus vicinus Giordani Soika, 1994: 194.

Brief diagnosis

Female: Claws bifid. Metasoma not petiolate. Propodeal orifice broad and rounded dorsally. Anterior face of pronotum with two small, deeply impressed medial pits or foveae, foveae separated. T1 with 1 transverse carina. T2 with acarinarium.

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Distribution

India: Goa, Kerala, Maharashtra.

Distribution within India

References

  • Gawas, S.M., Girish Kumar, P., Gupta, A. & Sureshan, P.M. (2019) Checklist of vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Goa, India, with new records and a key to species. Zootaxa, 4585 (2), 269–294.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.3
  • Girish Kumar, P., Carpenter, J.M., & Sureshan, P.M. (2016e) A taxonomic review of the genus Parancistrocerus Bequaert (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of three new species. Halteres, 7, 136-156.
    10.5281/zenodo.192283