A taxonomic review of the Indian species of the genus Eumenes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) Author Sureshan, Pavittu M. text Zootaxa 2017 2017-05-05 4317 3 469 498 journal article 32205 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.3.3 5d5d90e2-75db-46bd-b979-7c2dfaab10dc 1175-5326 884738 0D977C9B-2B9C-46E7-B154-E795B7Ff5B01 1. Eumenes architectus Smith, 1859 Eumenes architectus Smith, 1859 : 20 , ♀, ♂—“Celebes” (OUM); de Saussure, 1862 : 179 (Java); Smith, 1873 : 373 (cat.); Bingham, 1897 : 335 (key), 339 (Tenasserim); Rothney, 1903 : 106 (Bengal).—? Dover & Rao, 1922 : 236 (Sikkim to Tenasserim); Dover, 1929 : 43 (Singapore); Dover, 1931 : 252 (Malaya); von Schulthess, 1932 : 40 (in subgenus Eumenidion ; Ambon; Assam; Borneo; Celebes; Philippines; Sikkim); Liu, 1936 : 96 (cat.); Iwata, 1939 : 83 -85, fig. 1-3 (flowers visited, nest, prey, parasite); Giordani Soika, 1941 : 151 (key); Iwata, 1942 : 44 , 52, 68, 75; Dammerman, 1948 : 364 (Krakatau); Gusenleitner, 1991 : 262 (Sulawesi); Giordani Soika, 1993 : 30 (Sulawesi); Srinivasan & Girish Kumar, 2010 : 1318 , image 7 (India: Arunachal Pradesh); Nugroho et al. , 2012 : 94 (list); Pannure et al ., 2016 : 19 (India: Karnataka, Kerala). Eumenes pomiformis var. architectus ; Maindron, 1882 : 269 (cat.); Dalla Torre, 1894 : 30 ( architecta ; cat.); Dalla Torre, 1904 : 24 ( architecta ; cat.). Eumenes punctatus ; von Schulthess, 1927 : 81 , fig. 1 ( Sumatra ; nest); Baltazar, 1966 : 297 (cat.; syn.: E. architectus ). Misidentification. Diagnosis . ♀ . Head, mesosoma and metasoma finely and densely punctured; clypeus convex, apex deeply emarginate; clypeUS conVex, itS apex deeply emarginate; propodeUm roUnded poSteriorly and bUlging. Colour description . ♀ . Black with yellow markings. Yellow: spot at interantennal space; short line on temple; narrow interrUpted line on pronotUm; Spot on each Side behind tegUlae; mark on metanotUm; narrow line on apical marginS of T1 and T2. LegS black Variegated with yellow. WingS fUSco-hyaline with coppery reflectionS. Body with dark pUbeScence. Body length : 11-12 mm . Ƌ . ColoUr Similar to that of ♀ except clypeUS entirely yellow. Distribution. India : ArUnachal PradeSh , ASSam , Karnataka , Kerala , Meghalaya , Sikkim , WeSt Bengal ; China ; Myanmar ; MalaySia ; Singapore ; IndoneSia : SUmatra , JaVa (inclUding KrakataU), SUlaweSi , MolUccaS ; PhilippineS . Remarks . No SpecimenS were aVailable for oUr StUdieS; hence the deScription waS taken from Bingham, 1897 . Many workerS miSidentified other SpecieS aS E. architectus Smith.