A taxonomic review of the genus Parancistrocerus Bequaert (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of three new species Author P. Girish Kumar Author J. M. Carpenter Author P. M. Sureshan text Halteres 2016 7 1 36 156 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.192283 c1f56f9c-98ae-4dd9-9990-e87d4ce20c4a 2348-7372 192283 6a. Parancistrocerus incorruptus demens Giordani Soika, 1972 Parancistrocerus incorruptus demens Giordani Soika, 1972 : 102 , fig. 2, male, “ Sikkim ” (ZMB); Giordani Soika, 1994 : 155 (key), 165. Diagnosis : Male: Clypeus slightly wider than long, its apex slightly emarginate, width of clypeal apex equal to about 1/3 of maximum width of clypeus; antennae (see Fig. 2 of Giordani Soika, 1972 : 102) elongate, article III-X longer than wide, article XI 1.5x as long as wide; apical article very long and slender, about 5x as long as wide at base, slightly arched and very little narrower towards apex, which reaches base of 11th article; first tarsal segment of mid leg normal, cylindrical with uniform thickness. Colour description : Body black with yellow markings. Yellow markings: mandible; clypeus; most part of scape; spot on interantennal space; ocular sinus; band on metanotum; front face of fore and mid coxa; apex of femurs and outer face of fore and mid tibiae; narrow and regular apical band on T1; narrow and wider apical band on T2. Wings very darkened, especially along costa and at apex. Length (H+M+T1+T2): 8.5-9 mm. Distribution : India: Sikkim. Remarks : No specimens were available for our studies, hence the description was taken from Giordani Soika (1972) .