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 9. a. Sceliphron madraspatanum andamanicum Kohl, 1918 ( Figs 32–36 ) Sceliphron madraspatanum var. andamanicum Kohl, 1918: 109 , sex not indicated. Syntypes : Andaman Islands (NHMW). Diagnosis . Female . Similar to S.madraspatanum madraspatanum (Fabricius) in general morphology and colouration except pronotum and metanotum entirely black ( Fig. 34 ). Male . Similar to female. Material Examined . India : Andaman and Nicobor Island, 1♀ and 1♂ , Date of Collection unknown, Coll. Unknown, NZC Regd. Nos. 15504/H3 and 15505/H3; South Andaman Dist., Aberdeen, 1♀ and 1♂ , 19.vi.1935 , Coll. H.S. Rao, NZC Regd. No. 15502/H3 and 15506/H3; Nicobar Dist., Swarup Nullah, 1♀ and 1♂ , 21.vii.1984 , Coll. S.S. Saha and Party, NZC Regd. Nos. 15503/H3 and 15507/H3; South Andaman Dist., Viper Island, 1♀ , 28.viii.1928 , Coll. R .B.S. Sewell, NZC Regd. No. 15508/H3; Nicobar Dist., Campbell, 1♀ , 07.xii.2010 , Coll. E.E. Jehamalar, NZC Regd. Nos. 15509/H3–15511/H3; South Andaman Dist., Port Blair, 1♀ , 15.ii.1915 , Coll. Kewp, NZC Regd. No. 15512/H3. Arunachal Pradesh : West Siang Dist., Basar, 1♀ , 31.x.1966 , Coll. S.K. T and G.S.A, NZC Regd. No. 15530/H3. Odisha : Koraput Dist., Jagannath Sagar, Jaypore, 2♂ , 16.ii.1972 , Coll. K. V .S. Rao and Party, NZC Regd. No. 15513/H3 and 15514/H3. Distribution . India : Andaman and Nicobar Islands , Arunachal Pradesh (new state record), Odisha (new state record) ( Pulawski 2021 ).