A review of the mud-dauber wasps of genus Sceliphron Klug (Hymenoptera Sphecidae) from India Author Anagha, S. Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. Author Kumar, P. Girish 0000-0003-2121-0165 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. & kpgiris @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2121 - 0165 kpgiris@gmail.com 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 Mazumdar, P. C. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal- 700053, India. Author Sureshan, P. M. 0000-0003-4722-6368 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. & pmsuresh 43 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4722 - 6368 pmsuresh43@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2021 2021-05-10 4969 1 61 85 journal article 6436 10.11646/zootaxa.4969.1.3 a89f233a-0529-449a-b6c5-070ab02a539a 1175-5326 4745790 1D033B9B-D4EE-4578-9883-8D6ED3163EC8 4. a. Sceliphron deforme deforme (F. Smith , 1856 ) Pelopoeus deformis F. Smith, 1856: 231 , ♀ . Lectotype : ♀ , North China : no specific locality ( BMNH ), designated by Hensen, 1987: 238 . Sceliphron deforme taiwanum Tsuneki, 1971: 6 , ♀ , ♂ . Holotype : ♀ , Taiwan : Taitung Prefecture : Chulu (originally K. Tsuneki coll., now USNM). Synonymized with Sceliphron deforme deforme by Hensen, 1987: 238 . Diagnosis . Female. Frons distinctly pilose; clypeus apico-medially incised without lateral incisions ( c.f . Figs 33 & 34 of Hensen (1987: 229)) ; pronotal collar and scutellum with yellow markings; mesoscutum and propodeum transversely striate; propodeum with large basal spots and sometimes with pair of spot at apex of dorsal enclosure; metasoma with reddish yellow band on all terga. Male . Darker than the female, yellow markings less developed: clypeus often with pair of small spots; basal propodeal spots and bands on terga usually reduced, sometimes nearly absent. Note . As no specimens were seen during the present study, the above diagnosis has been based on the published descriptions of the species (F. Smith 1856 ; Tsuneki 1971; Hensen 1987 ). Distribution . India : Assam . Elsewhere : China (including Hong Kong ); France ; Japan ; Kazakhstan ; Korea ; Laos ; Mongolia ; Montenegro ; Myanmar ; Philippines ; Russia ; Tajikistan ; Taiwan ; Thailand ; Vietnam ( Barthélémy 2014 ; Dollfuss 2016 ; Pulawski 2021 ).