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 9. Antepipona frontalis Giordani Soika, 1982 Antepipona frontalis Giordani Soika 1982: 207 (key), 255, figs 57–58, Ƌ, ♀ , “ Sri Lanka : Ham. Distr. , Palatupana Tank ” ( holotype , Ƌ, USNM ); Lambert 2004: 554 (key); Gusenleitner 2006a: 690 ( India : Kerala ). Diagnosis. Ƌ. Metanotal teeth closer to each other than to lateral metanotal margins; posterior face of propodeum smooth and shiny; S2 regularly convex from base to apex, with longitudinal groove at base; front sub opaque, smoothly punctate, punctures sparse and superficial, almost indistinguishable at middle, ferruginous. Colour. Body ferruginous with yellow and black markings. Yellow markings: mandible; clypeus; ventral side of scape; front; temple; large and irregular band on anterior margin of pronotum; outer margin of tegula; parategula; large part of scutellum; metanotum; large part of fore and mid femur; all tibiae and tarsi; narrow band at apex, slightly enlarged at middle, on T1; two spots at sides of base of T2; apical bands, greatly enlarged at middle and on sides, on T2 and S2; wide apical bands on T3–T6 & S3–S6. Black markings: radicle of scape; W–shaped inverted mark on ocellar area. ♀ . Similar to male except punctures sparser; apical teeth distant from each other about 1,3 of maximum width of clypeus; Yellow band of pronotum interrupted twice and narrow on sides; T5, T6, S5 & S6 and part of T4 & S4 ferruginous. Size (H+M+T1+T2). Ƌ and ♀ , 7.5 mm . Distribution . India : Kerala , Tamil Nadu ; Sri Lanka . Remarks . No material was available for our studies; hence the description was taken from Giordani Soika, 1982 .