A review of digger wasp genus Harpactus Shuckard, 1837 (Hymenoptera Crabronidae) of the Indian subcontinent, with description of a new species and rediscovery of Harpactus impudens (Nurse, 1903) 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 binoy_doz@uoc.ac.in Author Kumar, P. Girish Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. Author Monks, Joseph Insect Division, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW 7 5 BD, U. K. Author Sheikh, Altaf Hussain Government Degree College, Pulwama- 192301, Jammu Kashmir, India. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-09-30 5190 4 531 542 journal article 156945 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.4.3 3654863c-52ca-4854-83e0-72c067e8d94b 1175-5326 7138470 EF6DB822-0DB9-4748-877B-AD7285AA71B7 Genus Harpactus Shuckard, 1837 Arpactus Jurine, 1807: 192 , junior homonym of Arpactus Panzer, 1805 , and of Arpactus Panzer, 1806 (both junior synonyms of Gorytes Latreille, 1804 ). Type species: Arpactus formosus Jurine, 1807 , designated by Shuckard 1837: 220 . Harpactus Shuckard 1837: 221 . Emendation of Arpactus Jurine , 107 on linguistic grounds, thus an available new name, with its own date and author (Articles 19 and 33.2). Since Harpactus is an emendation, it has the same type-species as Arpactus Jurine (Article 67.8). Harpactes Dahlbom 1843: 147 , junior homonym of Harpactes Swainson, 1837 (Aves) , and of Harpactes Templeton, 1834 (Arachnida) . Emendation of Harpactus Shuckard. Dienoplus W.J. Fox 1894: 548 . Type species: Dienoplus pictifrons Fox, 1894 , by monotypy. Key to Harpactus species of India and adjacent territories 1. Head and mesosoma without distinct punctures............................................................. 2 - Head, mesosoma, [and T2] distinctly foveolate-punctate, with scattered foveae. [Kashmir].......... H. pulawskii sp. nov. 2. Propodeum with oblique and irregular striae................................................................ 3 - Propodeum with distinct coarse, longitudinal striae [ Pakistan ].................................. H. vividus (Turner) 3. Fore wing with fuscous patch in radial and cubital cells; propodeal enclosure red. [Northern India ; Myanmar ]................................................................................................. H. ornatus (Smith) - Fore wing usually without fuscous patch in radial and cubital cells; propodeal enclosure black. [Oriental India ].............................................................................................. H. impudens (Nurse)