Review of the aberrant spider wasp genus Irenangelus Schulz (Pompilidae Ceropalinae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species Author Binoy, C. 0000-0003-4309-5460 Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala- 673635, India. binoy _ doz @ uoc. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4309 - 5460 & Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode- 673001, Kerala, Affiliated to University of Calicut. Corresponding author binoy_doz@uoc.ac.in Author Wahis, Raymond 0000-0003-2924-8635 Department of Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium. raymond. wahis @ skynet. be, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2924 - 8635 Author Kumar, P. Girish Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-10-12 4860 2 257 266 journal article 9092 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.2.7 1fb453eb-5827-4a34-90af-297c4a8faae1 1175-5326 4413761 695CF659-E0A0-4E10-AE25-C73B9E852A65 Irenangelus albovariegatus ( Cameron, 1897 ) Ceropales albovariegata Cameron, 1897: 84 ; Bingham 1897: 176 . Xanthampulex albovariegata Turner 1912: 3 62; 1917: 359 . Hypsiceraeus albovariegatus : Cameron 1897: 405 . Type material. Holotype , ♂ —“ Sri Lanka : Eastern Province , Trincomalee district , Date? Coll.Yerbury ” [ NHMUK ] , examined by RW. Diagnosis . This species is clearly recognizable among congeners in having the head and mesosoma black with white markings; fu 1 –fu 3 with joints ventro-basally fulvous; metasoma testaceous yellow; wings hyaline and iridescent, veins and tegulae testaceous; head with a remarkable subcordate grooved or bilobed projection on front, above base of antennae; mesonotum with two parallel well-marked longitudinal furrows; propodeum rounded posteriorly, with a medial longitudinal furrow; metasoma short, slightly laterally compressed. Distribution . Sri Lanka (Trincomalee);? India ( Uttarakhand ) ( Bingham 1896 ; Móczár 1985 ). Note. Móczár (1985) reports a specimen examined from Mussoorie collected by Rothney named Ceropales (= Irenangelu s) albomaculatus , type originating from now Uttarakhand , India , deposited at Oxford. However, no such synonymy could be traced to the species. The synonym Hypsiceraeus albovariegatus Cameron, 1915 is originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Hypsiceraeus ( Morice & Durrant 1915 ) .