Scientific Name

Phimenes flavopictus (Blanchard, 1845)

Taxonomic Placement

Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae: Eumeninae: Eumenini: Phimenes

Synonyms/Original combination

Eumenes flavopictus Blanchard, 1840: pl. 2, fig. 21.
Eumemes arcuata continentalis Zimmermann, 1931: 205, 224, 226.
Eumenes flavopictus flavopictus; van der Vecht, 1959b: 32.
Eumenes flavopictus continentalis; van der Vecht, 1959b:15.
Phi flavopictum continentale; Gusenleitner, 1987: 269.
Phimenes flavopictum continentale; Madl, 1995: 398.
Phimenes flavopictum flavopictum; Girish Kumar, 2013: 119.

Brief diagnosis

Female: Mesosoma globular, as wide as high. Pretegular carina present. Forewing with prestigma longer than pterostigma. Mid tibia with 1 spur. Claws bifid. Metasoma petiolate. Colour: Body black with extensive black marks.

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Distribution

India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: China (including Hong Kong); Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam.

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. (2013b) A taxonomic revision of Phimenes GiordaniSoika (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) of Indian subcontinent. Records of Zoological Survey of India, 113(3), 119–135.
  • 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.
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  • Gusenleitner, J. (2006) ÜberAufsammlungen von Faltenwespen in Indien (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 38(1), 677–695.
  • Gusenleitner, J. (2011) EineAufsammlung von Faltenwespenaus Laos imBiologiezentrum Linz (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae, Stenogastrinae, Polistinae, Eumeninae). Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 43(2), 1351–1368.
  • 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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  • 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.
  • Srinivasan, G. & Girish Kumar, P. (2013) A study on Vespid wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 113(1), 115–127.