Discovery of the digger wasp genus Argogorytes Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera Crabronidae: Bembicinae) in India and description of a new species Author Kumar, P. Girish Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. Author Dubey, Anil Kumar Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Haddo, Port Blair, 744102, India. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-02-12 4927 2 282 288 journal article 7986 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.2.8 2037ce52-e1b2-435b-8932-5e140fbbd49f 1175-5326 4537134 F7D2E7F8-DDFC-466B-9157-D480740ECFCB Genus Argogorytes Ashmead, 1899 Argogorytes Ashmead, 1899: 324 . Type species: Gorytes carbonarius Smith, 1856 , by original designation. Archarpactus Pate, 1937: 10 . Type species: Sphex mystaceus Linnaeus, 1761 , by original designation. Not available: not meeting any of the requirements of Article 13.1 of the Code ( Bohart & Menke 1976: 52 ). Malaygorytes Nemkov, 1999: 1 . Type species: Malaygorytes konishii Nemkov, 1999 , by original designation and monotypy. Synonymized by Nemkov & Pulawski (2009: 11). Diagnosis . Gt 1 sessile; omaulus well defined throughout, continued ventrally as long acetabular carina; hindwing media diverging more than 1 × midocellus diameter beyond cu-a at an obviously obtuse angle; propodeal enclosure rugose; spiracular groove present; frons narrower at level of midocellus than shortly below it; lateral margin of mesoscutum reflexed upward and not interrupted opposite of posterior part of tegula with oblique carina; submarginal cell II not petiolate, both recurrent veins received by submarginal cell II, distance between their ends more than one-third posterior length of submarginal cell I; male Gs 8 sword shaped, often exserted ( Bohart & Menke 1976 ; Nemkov & Lelej 2013 ). Distribution . All zoogeographical regions except sub-Saharan Africa ( Bohart 2000 ; Pulawski 2020 ).