Review of the genus Miscophus Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabroninae) of the Indian subcontinent with descriptions of two new species from southern India
Author
Kumar, P. Girish
0000-0003-2121-0165
Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India
kpgiris@gmail.com
Author
Mawadda, N. V. Ayisha
0000-0003-4649-9428
Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India & University of Calicut, Thenhipalam P. O., Malappuram 673635, Kerala, India
ayishakmr@gmail.com
Author
Terine, Joshua B.
0000-0002-6981-7401
Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India & University of Calicut, Thenhipalam P. O., Malappuram 673635, Kerala, India
terinejb@gmail.com
Author
Amal, S.
0009-0006-3936-0443
Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India & Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India
amalothayoth96@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
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2024-03-04
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5418.5.8
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10.11646/zootaxa.5418.5.8
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3.
Miscophus nigricans
Cameron, 1907
(
Figs 14–17
)
Miscophus nigricans
Cameron, 1907: 1010
,
♂
[wrongly identified as
♀
by Cameron].
Holotype
or
syntypes
:
♂
[wrongly identified as
♀
by Cameron],
India
:
Maharashtra
:
Matheran
(NHMUK), digital images of the female type examined.
Additional citations:
Ramakrishna Aiyar, 1916: 553
(in catalog of Indian aculeates described after
Bingham, 1897
);
Bohart and Menke, 1976: 319
(in checklist of world
Sphecidae
).
Materials examined.
India
:
Goa
,
South Goa district
,
Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary
,
2 ♂
,
17.v.2018
,
P. Girish Kumar
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. Nos.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24378–24379;
Karnataka
,
Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary
,
Shimoga district
,
Hosagaddai
,
1 ♂
,
29.xii.2019
,
P. Girish Kumar
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. No.
ZSI/WGRC/ IR/INV.24380;
Kerala
,
Kozhikode
district,
Madappally
,
6 ♀
&
5 ♂
,
27.xii.2018
,
3.ii.2019
,
2.iii.2019
&
12.xii.2020
,
S. Anagha
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. Nos.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24381–24391;
Kerala
,
Kozhikode
district,
Nanminda
,
2 ♀
&
11 ♂
,
9–16.xii.2018
&
8.iii.2020
,
P. Girish Kumar
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. Nos.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24392– 24404;
Kerala
,
Kozhikode
district,
Elathur
,
2 ♀
&
11 ♂
,
9–16.xii.2018
&
8.iii.2020
,
P. Girish Kumar
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. Nos.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24392–24404;
Kerala
,
Kozhikode
district,
Elathur
,
3 ♀
,
29.iv.2019
&
13.i.2020
,
C. Binoy
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. Nos.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24405–24407;
Kerala
,
Kozhikode
district,
Purameri
,
3 ♀
&
3 ♂
,
2.ii.2019
,
22.iv.2019
,
27.xi.2019
&
25.x.2020
,
K.P. Hanima Raveendran
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. Nos.
ZSI/ WGRC/IR/INV.24408–24413;
Kerala
,
Kozhikode
district,
Moorad
,
1 ♂
,
17.i.2020
,
J.B. Terine
, collector
ZSIK
Regd. No.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24414;
Kerala
,
Kozhikode
district,
Moorad
,
1 ♀
,
2.iii.2020
,
S. Anagha
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. No.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24415;
Kerala
,
Kozhikode
district,
Payanthong
,
2 ♀
&
1 ♂
,
3.iii.2019
,
K.P. Hanima Raveendran
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. Nos.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24416–24418;
Kerala
,
Kozhikode
district,
Peruvannamuzhi
,
1 ♂
,
25.iv.2023
,
P. Girish Kumar
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. No.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24419;
Kerala
,
Kozhikode
district,
Kakkadampoyil
,
1 ♂
,
15.i.2020
,
P.M. Sureshan
&
Party
collectors,
ZSIK
Regd. No.
ZSI/ WGRC/IR/INV.24420;
Kerala
,
Kozhikode
district,
East Hill
,
1 ♂
,
25.iii.2015
,
U.M. Sheeja
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. No.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24421;
Kerala
,
Kozhikode
district,
Chaliyam
,
2 ♀
,
19.ii.2020
,
N.V. Ayisha Mawadda
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. Nos.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24422–24423;
Kerala
,
Kannur
district,
Madayipara
,
1 ♀
&
4 ♂
,
11.xi.2018
,
C. Charesh
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. Nos.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24424–24428;
Kerala
,
Kannur
district,
Kannapuram
,
1 ♀
&
4 ♂
,
3.iii–21.iv.2019
,
C. Charesh
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. Nos.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24429– 24433;
Kerala
,
Kannur
district,
Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary
,
1 ♀
,
16.iii.2019
,
C. Charesh
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. No.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24434;
Kerala
,
Kannur
district,
Koothuparamba
,
1 ♂
,
30.ix.2020
,
Jeenu Lisb
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. No.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24435;
Kerala
,
Wayanad district
,
Chethalayam
,
1 ♀
,
17.ii.2016
,
V.K. Raseena Farsana
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. No.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24436;
Kerala
,
Malappuram district
,
Calicut
University Campus
,
1 ♀
,
10.viii.2018
,
C. Binoy
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. No.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24437;
Kerala
,
Malappuram district
,
Calicut
University Campus
,
3 ♀
,
21.ii–5.iii.2020
,
A.P. Ranjith
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. Nos.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/ INV.24438–24440;
Kerala
,
Palakkad district
,
Ramakrishnapadi
,
1 ♀
,
27.xii.2019
,
S. Surya
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. No.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24441;
Kerala
,
Thrissur district
,
Attoor
,
2 ♀
,
2.ii.2020
&
14.iv.2020
,
N.V.Ayisha Mawadda
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. Nos.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24442 & 24443;
Rajasthan
,
Desert National Park
,
Jaisalmer district
,
Sam
,
2 ♀
&
1♂
,
25.iii.2019
,
P. Girish Kumar
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. Nos.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24444–24446;
Tamil Nadu
,
Thirunelveli district
,
Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary
,
1 ♀
,
27.ix.2018
,
P. Girish Kumar
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. No.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24447;
Tamil Nadu
,
Thirunelveli district
,
Manimuthar
dam site,
1 ♀
,
1.x.2018
,
P. Girish Kumar
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. No.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24448;
Tamil Nadu
,
Thirunelveli district
,
Ramanadi
dam site,
2 ♀
,
2.x.2018
,
P. Girish Kumar
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. Nos.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.24449 & 24450;
Tamil Nadu
,
Coimbatore district
,
Govanur
,
1 ♀
,
6.i.2019
,
P. Girish Kumar
collector,
ZSIK
Regd. No.
ZSI/WGRC/IR/ INV.24451
.
Distribution.
India
: Goa (
new record
),
Karnataka
(
new record
),
Kerala
(
new record
),
Maharashtra
,
Rajasthan
(
new record
),
Tamil Nadu
(
new record
).
Note.
Miscophus nigricans
is the most widely distributed species in
India
.
Cameron (1907)
originally described this species based on a darker male specimen which he erroneously treated as female. Most of the specimens studied here are more brightly coloured than the
type
with T1 entirely and T2 mostly (sometimes the base of T3 also) red and legs mostly black. The
type
specimens and a few other specimens studied here are darker, with T1 mostly brick red to reddish brown (sometimes T2 also) and legs mostly brick red.