A review of the mud-dauber wasps of genus Sceliphron Klug (Hymenoptera Sphecidae) from India Author Anagha, S. Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. Author Kumar, P. Girish 0000-0003-2121-0165 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. & kpgiris @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2121 - 0165 kpgiris@gmail.com Author Binoy, C. 0000-0003-4309-5460 Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala- 673635, India. binoy _ doz @ uoc. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4309 - 5460 binoy_doz@uoc.ac.in Author Mazumdar, P. C. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal- 700053, India. Author Sureshan, P. M. 0000-0003-4722-6368 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. & pmsuresh 43 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4722 - 6368 pmsuresh43@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2021 2021-05-10 4969 1 61 85 journal article 6436 10.11646/zootaxa.4969.1.3 a89f233a-0529-449a-b6c5-070ab02a539a 1175-5326 4745790 1D033B9B-D4EE-4578-9883-8D6ED3163EC8 1. Sceliphron isaaci Jha & Farooqi, 1995 Sceliphron isaaci Jha & Farooqi, 1995: 13 , , . Holotype : , India : Andaman Islands : Port Blair : North Bay (repository?). Diagnosis. Female . Frons with fine longitudinal diverging striation mixed with punctures; clypeus apico-medially incised with lateral incisions (see Fig. 5 of Jha & Farooqi (1995: 14)) ; pronotal collar notched in middle, transversely finely striate, side punctate; mesoscutum finely striate, transverse anteriorly and oblique posteriorly; scutellum longitudinally striate; metanotum with fine sparse punctuation; propodeal enclosure with longitudinal depression in middle; mesopleuron punctate; petiole yellow. Male . Resembles female in general morphology, clypeus similar as in pictum but lobes more pronounced (See Fig. 4 of Jha & Farooqi (1995: 14)) ; lobes of collar more pronounced with front surface rather densely striate; metanotum narrow, longitudinally and roughly striate; petiole longer than in female. Distribution . India : Andaman Islands ( Jha & Farooqi 1995 ; Pulawski 2021 ).