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 1. Dasyproctus agilis (F. Smith, 1858 ) ( Figs 1–14 ) Crabro agilis F. Smith 1858: 18 . ♀ : Indonesia . Dasyproctus ceylonicus de Saussure 1867: 85 . ♀ : Sri Lanka . Leclercq, 1956: 162 ; 1957: 55 . Dasyproctus indicus de Saussure 1892: 582 . ♂ : India : West Bengal . Crabro infantulus Kohl 1894: 284 . ♂ : India : West Bengal . Crabro revelatus Cameron 1898: 34 . ♀ : Sri Lanka . Crabro impetuosus Cameron 1901a: 28 . ♂ : Singapore . Dasyproctus philippinensis Ashmead 1904: 129 . ♀ , ♂ : Philippines . Dasyproctus funestus Turner 1917: 188 . ♂ : India : Bihar . Dasyproctus agilis : Leclercq, 1956: 161 (synonymy for Crabro agilis F. Smith ); 1972: 109. Dasyproctus agilis agilis : Leclercq, 1972: 107 , 108, 111. Dasyproctus agilis : Tsuneki, 1982: 11 ( Taiwan) . Diagnosis. Clypeus with a very sharp indentation in the form of a semi-circle without any lateral denticles in females; in males, clypeus medially produced, apical margin truncated; IOC distinct; POD shorter than OOD; anterior carina of pronotal collar laterally curving towards pronotal lobe; head and mesosoma with regular impressed punctures; Gt 1 and Gt 3 immaculate. Description. Female. ( Figs 1–8 ). Body length 12.31–12.54 mm ; fore wing 7.32–7.55 mm . Median lobe of clypeus sharply indented into narrow semi-circle, no lateral denticles ( Fig. 4 ); IOC distinct, raised ( Fig. 3 ); POD 0.7 × OOD ( Fig. 2 ); black with following parts variously coloured: scape yellow; pedicel, fu 1 and fu 2 apically yellowish orange tending to brown in some specimens; mandible yellow with base and apex black; pronotal collar with anterior yellow patch; pronotal lobe yellow; axilla with faint yellow marking; scutellum with two large yellow maculae ( Fig. 5 ); fore and hind femora brown with yellow apical spot, fore and mid tibiae yellow with brown streaks outside; hind tibia brown with yellow streaks ventrally; Gt 1 and Gt 3 immaculate; Gt 2 and Gt 4 with large macula laterally, Gt 5 with dorso-median yellow band ( Figs 7 & 8 ). Male . ( Figs 9–14 ). Body length 8.46–8.90 mm ; fore wing 3.81–3.95 mm . FIGURES 1–8 . Dasyproctus agilis (Smith) ♀. 1. Habitus, lateral view; 2. Head, dorsal view; 3. Head, frontal view; 4. Clypeus; 5. Mesosoma , dorsal view; 6. Mesosoma , lateral view; 7. Gt 1 & Gt 2 , dorsal view; 8. Metasoma, lateral view. FIGURES 9–14 . Dasyproctus agilis (Smith) ♂. 9. Habitus, lateral view; 10. Head, dorsal view; 11. Head, frontal view; 12. Clypeus; 13. Mesosoma , dorsal view; 14. Metasoma, lateral view. Median lobe of clypeus produced, apical margin truncated ( Fig. 12 ); conspicuous longitudinal carina on clypeus; frons and vertex with dense, fairly marked punctation; IOC distinct ( Fig. 11 ); Gt 1 robust, short; mandible, axilla and scutellum black ( Fig. 13 ); fore and mid femora brown with apical yellow spot, fore and mid tibiae yellow with ventral brown streak not extending till apex; hind femur brown with faint yellow spot apically; hind tibia brown, yellow ventrally; Gt 1 and Gt 3 immaculate; Gt 2 and Gt 4 each with large yellow macula laterally; Gt 5 with dorso-median yellow band ( Fig. 14 ). Distribution. India : Bihar , Himachal Pradesh , Karnataka (new state record), Kerala (new state record), Meghalaya , Mizoram (new state record), Nagaland (new state record), Odisha (new state record), Sikkim , Tamil Nadu (new state record), Tripura (new state record), Uttar Pradesh , West Bengal . Elsewhere: Australia ; Indonesia ; Japan ; Malaysia ; Pakistan ; Philippines ; Singapore ; Sri Lanka ; Taiwan ; Thailand ; Vietnam ( Pulawski 2021 ). Materials Examined: India : Karnataka : 1 ♀ Shimoga dt., Hossagadai , 29.xii.2019 , Coll. P. Girish Kumar , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16470 ; Kerala : 1 ♀ Kannur dt., Manathana paddy field, 21.xi.2017 , Coll. T . Biju , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16472; 1 ♀ Kozhikode dt., Chethukadavu , 08.xi.2017 , Coll. GSDP Scholars , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16471; 1 ♀ Kozhikode dt., Elathur , 30.vii.2019 , Coll. C. Binoy , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16469; 1♀ Kollam dt., Sasthamkota , West Kallada , 26.ix.2017 , Coll. P. Girish Kumar , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16462; 1 ♀ Kozhikode , IIM K, Kunnamangalam , 26.v.2015 , Coll. P. Girish Kumar , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16460; 1 ♀ Kozhikode dt., Kinalur , 27.iii.2019 , Coll. C. Binoy , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16467 ; Mizoram : 1 ♂ Aizwal dt., Aibawk , 22.ix.1993 , Coll. A. R . Lahiri & party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16457 ; Nagaland : 1♀ Nagaland : Mokokchung dt., Changki , 20.ix.1994 , Coll. B. Mitra & party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16458 ; Odisha : 1 ♀ Ganjam dt., Chilka lake side, 10.ii.2017 , Coll. S. Sheela , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16461 ; Tamil Nadu : 1 ♂ Chennai dt., Velachery , 29.iv.2019 , Coll. S. Anagha , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16473; 1 ♀ Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve , Thenkasi dt., Ukkonam , 27.viii.2019 , Coll. B. H. C. K. Murthy & party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/ INV.16468; 1 ♀ Coimbatore dt., Anaikatty , SACON , 28.xii.2018 , P. M. Sureshan & party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16463; 2 ♀ Coimbatore dt., Valparai , TATA Sports Club , 01.i.2019 , Coll. P. Girish Kumar , ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16464 & 16465; 1 ♀ Coimbatore dt., Sadivayal , nr. Siruvani , 05.i.2019 , Coll. P. Girish Kumar , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16466 ; Tripura : 1 ♀ Dhalai dt., Ambassa , 24-26.v.1978 , Coll. J. K. Jonathan & party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16455; 1 ♀ , 1 ♂ North Tripura dt., Dharmanagar , 01.vi.1978 , Coll. J. K. Jonathan & party, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16456 & 16513 ; Uttar Pradesh : 1 ♀ Prayagraj dt., Naini , 01.iv.2006 , Coll. S. Sheela & party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.16459 .