Review of Indian Dasyproctus Lepeletier & Brullé 1835 (Hymenoptera Crabronidae) with description of four new species 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 & Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode- 673001, Kerala, Affiliated to University of Calicut. sant @ mccclt. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4999 - 1971 binoy_doz@uoc.ac.in Author Kumar, P. Girish Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. Author Santhosh, S. 0000-0002-4999-1971 Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode- 673001, Kerala, Affiliated to University of Calicut. sant @ mccclt. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4999 - 1971 sant@mccclt.ac.in text Zootaxa 2021 2021-06-25 4991 3 467 498 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4991.3.3 1175-5326 5042450 6C348968-F960-49B6-A222-9928AD05763B 12. Dasyproctus pulveris ( Nurse 1902 ) ( Figs 97–110 ) Crabro pulveris Nurse 1902: 87 . ♀ : India . Dasyproctus pulveris : Leclercq, 1956: 142 ; 1972: 106 , 118 ( India ; Pakistan ). Diagnosis. Clypeus deeply indented; anterior carina of pronotal collar laterally curving towards pronotal lobe; IOC indistinct; POD greater than OOD; obsolete punctation on head and mesosoma in female, in males fainter punctation visible; post-scutellum with yellow spots; legs reddish brown with varying yellow steaks; Gt 3 and Gt 4 immaculate. Female . ( Figs 97–104 ). Body length 9.44 mm ; fore wing length 5.42 mm . Clypeus deeply indented, thereby presenting two individual teeth separated by space as wide as antennal torulus ( Fig. 100 ); IOC absent or evanescent ( Fig. 99 ); POD 1.4 × OOD; supra-orbital furrow elongated, 3× as long as ( Fig. 98 ); pronotal collar slightly angulate antero-laterally; its anterior bordering carina curved towards pronotal lobes; general sculpture matt, no impressed punctation visible apart from very obsolete setigerous pits on head and mesosoma ; Gt 1 slender, pedunculate posteriorly; black with following parts variously coloured: scape yellow; mandible yellow with base black and apex reddish brown; pronotal collar yellow except at medial notch; pronotal lobe yellow; axilla and two non- continuous spots on scutellum yellow; yellow spots on lateral flange of metapleuron and on post-scutellum ( Fig. 101 ); tegula brown, yellow anteriorly; legs mostly reddish brown with distinct yellow marking ventrally (marking distinct on fore legs); mid and hid femora with less yellow marking; Gt 1 , Gt 2 and Gt 5 with yellow maculae, Gt 3 and Gt 4 immaculate ( Fig. 104 ). Male . ( Figs 105–110 ) Body length 7.16–7.40 mm ; fore wing length 3.21–3.37 mm . FIGURES 97–104. Dasyproctus pulveris (Nurse) ♀. 97. Habitus, lateral view; 98. Head, dorsal view; 99. Head, frontal view; 100. Clypeus; 101. Mesosoma , dorsal view; 102. Mesosoma , lateral view; 103. Gt 1 & Gt 2 , dorsal view; 104. Metasoma, lateral view. FIGURES 105–110. Dasyproctus pulveris (Nurse) ♂. 105. Habitus, lateral view; 106. Head, dorsal view; 107. Head, frontal view; 108. Clypeus; 109. Mesosoma , dorsal view; 110. Metasoma, lateral view. Similar to female in colour of head mesosoma and legs; slender; distinct fine punctation on frons and vertex ( Fig. 106 ); pronotal collar not distinctly angulate antero-laterally as in female; Gt 2 , Gt 5 and Gt 6 with yellow maculae; Gt 1 , Gt 3 and Gt 4 immaculate ( Fig. 110 ). Prey . Unknown. Distribution . India: Gujarat , Rajasthan (new state report). Elsewhere : Pakistan. Materials Examined: India : Rajasthan : 2 ♂ , 1♀ Sirohi dt., Dhanari, 28.iii.2019 , Coll. P. Girish Kumar , ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.16484–16486; 1 ♂ Thar Desert, Jodhpur dt., Kaylana lakeside, 23.iii.2019 , Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.16487.