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 8a. Antepipona excelsa excelsa Giordani Soika, 1982 ( Figs 35, 36 ) Colour . ♀ ( Figs 35–36 ). Body black with mandible, tegulae and tarsi ferruginous. Dark yellow to almost orange: band at base of clypeus, sometimes interrupted at middle; mark on front; line on lower lobe of inner orbit of eye up to bottom of ocular sinus; ventral side of scape; band on anterior margin of pronotum; mark on mesepisternum; two marks on scutellum; tegula and parategula; apex of outer face of fore and mid femora; fore and mid tibiae; base of hind tibiae; an apical band on T1; two spots on sides of base and large apical band on T2; thin apical band on T3; apical band, relatively large, on T4; sometimes mark at middle of T6; large apical band on S2. Wing strongly infumated, with violet reflection. Ƌ. Unknown. Size (H+M+T1+T2). 8.5–9.5 mm. Material examined . NEPAL : Kathmandu district, Sundarijal, 2♀ , date of collection and name of collector unknown, NZC Nos. 16363/H3, 16364/H3. Distribution . Nepal ; China : Tibet .