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 affinissimus de Saussure, 1852 ( FigS 1–8 ) Eumenes affinissima de Saussure, 1852 : 37 , ♂—“Indes Orientales” (OUM); Smith, 1873 : 371 (cat.);? Bingham, 1897 : 335 (key), 340 ( affinissima ; syn.: Eumenes mainpuriensis Smith ; ♀; Mainpuri; Tenasserim); Paiva, 1907 : 15 (Mussoorie); Dutt, 1912 : 229 , pl. 13, fig. 9-11 ( E . “ affinissima var.” nest: single cells on branches of Tamarix sp.); Dover & Rao, 1922 : 237 (Mussorie; Simla Hills; “Rajshahi, East Bengal” [= Rajshahi, Bangladesh]); Dover, 1925 (1924): 292 (variety of Eumenes pomiformis (Fabricius)) ; von Schulthess, 1935 : 299 (Java); Giordani Soika, 1960: 159 (key); Gusenleitner, 2006 : 693 ( affinisimus ; syn.: E. coelestimontanus Kostylev ; India: Ladakh); Nugroho et al. , 2012 : 93 (list); Oehlke, 2012 : 597 (Kyrgyzstan; China; Mongolia). ? Eumenes pomiformis var. affinissima ; Maindron, 1882 : 268 (Borneo; cat.); Dalla Torre, 1894 : 30 (cat.); Dalla Torre, 1904 : 24 (cat.); Dover, 1931 : 252 (Malaya). Eumenes coelestimontana Kostylev, 1940 : 140 , ♀, ♂ (in subgenus Eumenes ) [Kyrgyzstan] “Rivière Petite Almatinka, Tianchan, Alatau Transilien” (holotype ♀ ZMM); Gusenleitner, 1972 : 71 (key), 87; van der Vecht & Fischer, 1972 : 126 (cat.); Gusenleitner, 2006 : 693 ( coelestimontanus ; syn. of E. affinissimus de Saussure ). Diagnosis. ♀ ( Figs 1–5 ). S2 with many whitish hairs, about as long as those on T2; punctures on T2 very small and SparSe, interSpaceS mUch larger than diameter of pUnctUreS ( Fig. 5 ); T1 of normal length ( 3 mm ), poStpetiolUS Sharply and Strongly broadened (pear-Shaped) ( Fig. 4 ); temple with hairS; clypeUS with SparSe pUnctUreS of mediUm thickneSS; head, meSoSoma, T1 and T2 with long whitiSh hairS ( FigS 3, 4, 5 ). Colour description. ♀ . Body black with yellow markingS. Yellow: interrUpted (SometimeS entire) mark at baSe of clypeUS extending to lateral SideS and two Small SpotS at apex (SometimeS abSent); linear mark on interantennal Space toUching the clypeUS; Small linear mark on temple towardS Vertex; wide band on pronotUm; Spot on meSepiSternUm; metanotUm; one Upper roUnded Spot and one lower elongate lateral patch on propodeUm (SometimeS both markingS abSent); tegUlae (except black to blackiSh brown median area); apex of all femora; all tibia; apical band on T1, inVaginated at middle; baSal tranSVerSe Spot at SideS and almoSt regUlar, narrowed at middle and at SideS, apical band on T2; S2 with narrow apical band broadened at middle; narrow bandS, more or leSS regUlar, at the apex of T1-T4 (SometimeS VagUe poStero-median Spot on T5 alSo) and S3-S5. WingS almoSt hyaline, Slightly infUmated. Body length: 12-13 mm . Ƌ ( FigS 6–8 ). Apical antennal article long with broad baSe and Sharply pointed apex, reaching to middle of 10th article in cUrVed poSition ( Fig. 8 ); clypeUS elongate and clypeal apex Strongly emarginate ( Fig. 7 ). ColoUr Similar to that of ♀ except clypeus entirely yellow, narrow apical yellow spot on T5 and band on S6 also; apical antennal article ferrUginoUS. Body length: 10.5 mm . Material examined . INDIA : JammU & KaShmir , Ganderbal diStrict , Sonamarg , Alt. 9000 ft ., 1 ♂ , 17- 23.vi.1921 , Coll. Unknown , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8285; Leh district , Liktsey , 1 ♀ , 7.viii.2008 , Coll. S.I. Kazmi , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8286. Uttarakhand , DehradUn diStrict , MUSSoorie, 2 ♀ , 20.V.1905 , Coll. BrUnetti, ZSIK Regd. NoS. ZSI/WGRS/I.R-INV.8287 & 8288. PAKISTAN : PUnjab , Rawalpindi diStrict , MUrree, 1 ♀ , 9.ix.1928 , Coll. H.S. PrUthi , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRS /I.R-INV.8289. Distribution. India : Himachal PradeSh , JammU & KaShmir; Uttarakhand ; KyrgyzStan ; * PakiStan ; BangladeSh ; MalaySia ; IndoneSia : JaVa ; China ; Mongolia .