Scientific Name

Xenorhynchium nitidulum (Fabricius, 1798)

Taxonomic Placement

Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae: Eumeninae: Odynerini: Xenorhynchium

Synonyms/Original combination

Vespa nitidula Fabricius, 1798: 262.
Rygchiumnitidulum; de Saussure, 1852: 105, pl. 14 fig. 6.
Odynerusnitidulum; Dover and Rao, 1922: 239.
Xenorhynchiumnitidulum; van der Vecht, 1963: 112, figs. 7d, 8h, 8i.

Brief diagnosis

Female: Claws bifid. Tegula not evenly rounded posteriorly, emarginate adjoining parategula and exceeds parategula posteriorly. Axillary fossa oval. Metanotum projecting over propodeum, propodeum with sclerotized dorsolateral projections. Propodeum with sub-marginal carina not differentiated from valvula. Second sub-marginal cell with recurrent vein far from third sub-marginal cell. Metasoma not petiolate. T1 sessile, in dorsal view as wide as T2.

Images

Adult- dorsal view
Adult- lateral view
Adult- frontal view

Distribution

India: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bangladesh; Myanmar; Pakistan.

Distribution within India

References

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    https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2426.7.14.8096-8127
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