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 1. Antepipona aurantiaca Giordani Soika, 1982 Antepipona aurantiaca Giordani Soika 1982: 210 (key), 243, figs 44–45, ♀ , Ƌ, “ India : Raipur, 300 m ” ( holotype , Ƌ, RMNH ); Lambert 2004: 557 (key); Gusenleitner 2006a: 690 ( India : Tamil Nadu ). Diagnosis . ♀ . Similar to A. minutissima and A. siamensis ; but differs from both by following characters: apex of clypeus slightly emarginate, its width 1, 3 × that of maximum width of clypeus; clypeus thickly punctured with punctures larger than those of front; anterior carina of pronotum widely arched at shoulder, absent throughout dorsal surface; posterior face of metanotum convex, with small teeth; propodeum with fully rounded sides; S2 weakly convex at base. Head, mesosoma and propodeum finely and densely punctured, as in A. siamensis ; but side faces of propodeum with thicker and deeper punctures than in A. siamensis . Terga, except last, with punctation fine, dense, interspaces almost always with minor punctures. Colour . Ferruginous. Yellow markings: mandible; clypeus; front; temple; pronotum entirely; much of mesepisternum; tegulae; parategulae; scutellum; metanotum; two large spots on propodeum; legs, except part of coxa and most of hind femora; band, wide at middle and close to sides, on T1; broad band apical, enlarged at middle and at sides, and two large spots at sides near base on T2; band apical, extended to sides on T3; band apical enlarged at middle and at sides on T4; band apical enlarged at middle and short at sides on T5; almost all of T6; an apical band, relatively narrow, slightly enlarged at middle and at sides on S2; triangular spots on sides of apical margin of S3 and S4. Wings lightly browned. Ƌ. Clypeus wider than long, slightly emarginated at apex, with large punctures, moderately dense; apical antennal article weakly curved, gradually narrowed from base to apex, reaching to about midpoint of 10th article. Other characters as that of ♀ . Size (H+M+T1+T2). ♀ , 6.5– 7 mm ; Ƌ, 6 mm . Material examined . INDIA : Tamil Nadu , Nedungadu , Tanjore , 1Ƌ, 14.v , Coll. P.S. Nathan ( AMNH ). Distribution . India : Chhattisgarh , Kerala , Madhya Pradesh , Tamil Nadu , Uttarakhand ; Sri Lanka.