A taxonomic review of the genus Antepipona de Saussure, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from India Author Kumar, Girish P. Author Carpenter, James M. Author Sureshan, Pavittu M. text Zootaxa 2016 2016-08-16 4150 5 501 536 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.5.1 daab555c-f51a-41af-978b-7fe5679463e3 1175-5326 272127 8C7D1E3C-FEDC-4D75-926B-7AE58E16766C 7. Antepipona exaltata Giordani Soika, 1982 Antepipona exaltata Giordani Soika 1982: 210 (key), 234, figs 35–36, ♀ , Ƌ, “ S. India : Nilgiri Hills , Devala , 3200 ft .” ( holotype , ♀ , RMNH ); Lambert 2004: 558 (key). Diagnosis . ♀ . Outer margin of posterior lobe of tegulae strongly concave, posterior lobe bending towards base, becoming almost vertical, and apex under parategula; parategula straight in apical half; anterior face of pronotum with two cross impressions at middle, surrounded by sparse punctures, absent at middle; mesepisternum with epicnemial carina much less developed than in A. bipustulata ; T1 considerably more elongated than in A. bipustulata ; S2 strongly convex at base, not depressed at middle; punctures and pilosity as that of A. bipustulata . Colour . Body black, with ventral face of funicles and tarsi brown–ferruginous, more or less dark. Yellow markings: V–shaped mark on mandible; large medially interrupted band at base of clypeus; spot on front; thin line along inner orbit up to ocular sinus, much wider at ocular sinus and extends little upward; long mark at temples; about half of anterior dorsal surface of pronotum; round spot on mesepisternum; tegula, except mark at baseline ferruginous brown, or black; parategula; band on scutellum; most of metanotum; two bands on sides of propodeum; much of outer face of fore and mid femora; outer face of all tibiae; an apical band much enlarged at middle on T1, sometimes joined to two large lateral spots; an apical band almost regular and two large spots on sides at base on T2; spots, often absent, on sides of T3; an apical band on T4; mark on T5 and T6; an apical band on S2; sometimes an apical band on S3 and spots on sides of S4. Wings subhyaline; fore wing with dark infumation on marginal cell. Ƌ. Clypeus longer than in A. bipustulata , about as wide as long, almost uniformly convex, punctures as that of A. bipustulata ; apical antennal article more delicate, more subtle, than in A. bipustulata , spiniform, regularly arched; mandible and clypeus yellow; stain of front bigger and fully occupies interantennal space; T6 and T7 black. Other characters as that of ♀ . Size (H+M+T1+T2). ♀ , 8–8.5 mm ; Ƌ, 7–8 mm . Distribution . India : Tamil Nadu . Remarks . No material was available for our studies; hence the description was taken from Giordani Soika, 1982 .