A taxonomic review of the genus Antepipona de Saussure, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from India Author Kumar, Girish P. Author Carpenter, James M. Author Sureshan, Pavittu M. text Zootaxa 2016 2016-08-16 4150 5 501 536 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.5.1 daab555c-f51a-41af-978b-7fe5679463e3 1175-5326 272127 8C7D1E3C-FEDC-4D75-926B-7AE58E16766C Genus Antepipona de Saussure, 1855 Antepipona de Saussure 1855: 244 , name for section C of division V of subgenus Leionotus de Saussure of genus Odynerus Latreille in de Saussure 1853: 213 ; validated by ICZN (1970). Type species: Odynerus silaos de Saussure, 1853 , by subsequent designation of van der Vecht 1967: 30 ; confirmed by ICZN (1970). Antepiponus de Saussure 1875 : xxxv, 361, unjustified emendation of Antepipona de Saussure, 1855 . Antepipone Dalla Torre 1894: 50 , 96 (incorrect spelling of Antepipona de Saussure ). Mehelyella Móczár 1937: 16 , 17, 34 (as subgenus of Odynerus Latreille ). Unavailable; no type species designated. Odontodynerus Blüthgen 1938a: 280 (as subgenus of “ Euodynerus Blüthgen ” [= Euodynerus Dalla Torre ]). Type species: Odynerus orbitalis H.-Sch. 1841 [= Odynerus orbitalis Herrich-Schaeffer, 1839 ], by original designation. Synonymized by van der Vecht (1970: 17) . Dichodynerus Blüthgen 1938b: 444 . Type species: “ L . vagus Rad. (= vagabundus D. T. nom. nov.)” [= Odynerus vagabundus Dalla Torre, 1889 ], by original designation. Objective synonym of Metastenancistrocerus Blüthgen, 1938 ( Blüthgen, 1939: 246 ). Metastenancistrocerus Blüthgen1 1938b : 460. Type species: Odynerus vagabundus Dalla Torre, 1889 , by monotypy. Synonymized by Blüthgen (1939: 246) with Odontodynerus Blüthgen. Mehelyella Bohart 1951: 888 ; Type species: Odynerus parvulus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1841 , by original designation. Synonymized by van der Vecht and Fischer (1972: 70) . Diagnosis. Axillary fossa oval, broader than long; propodeum with submarginal carina produced into pointed lamella apically and valvula enlarged and free posteriorly from submarginal carina; metanotum bidentate; pretegular carina present; T1 sessile, without transverse carina; fore wing with recurrent veins both received in second submarginal cell; second submarginal cell not petiolate. Distribution . Ethiopian, Oriental and Palearctic Regions . Ethology . In this study we observed an interesting behavior, i.e., parasitic association of strepsipteran insects, for the first time in the genus Antepipona .