Antodynerus punctatipennis ( de Saussure, 1853 )

3. Antodynerus punctatipennis ( de Saussure, 1853) View in CoL

( Figs 19–24 View FIGURES 19 – 24 )

Odynerus punctatipennis de Saussure 1853: 210 , ♀ (in subgenus Leionotus View in CoL ), “les Indes Orientales?” (MP); Smith 1857: 59 (cat., India); 1871: 375 (cat.); Dalla Torre 1894: 91 (cat.); Bingham 1897: 361 (key), 365, (♂; syn.: Odynerus intricatus Smith ; Sikkim; Allahabad; Delhi; Bombay); Dalla Torre 1904: 52 (cat.); Bequaert 1918: 308 (in subgenus Rygchium View in CoL [!]; cat.).

Antodynerus punctatipennis: van der Vecht 1959: 239–241 View in CoL , figs. 2 (b, d, g, h, m) ( India); Gusenleitner 2006: 691 ( India).

Diagnosis. Male. Clypeus with less deep punctures on middle, diameter of punctures less than distance between punctures; frons, ocular sinus, ocellar area, vertex and temple strongly punctured; mesosoma as in Fig. 22 View FIGURES 19 – 24 ; median area of propodeum slightly concave, with a narrowly elongate fovea from which median carina runs to orifice with few weak transverse striations posteriorly; postero-lateral margin almost entirely rounded without a strong transversely carinate projection, area near to valvula smooth; T1 1.89 × as wide as long, 0.85 × as wide as T 2 in dorsal view ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 19 – 24 ); genitalia as in Fig. 24 View FIGURES 19 – 24 . Female. Not available for us.

Material examined. INDIA. Maharashtra: Amravati distr., Vadali reserve forest, 2♂ 20–22.ix.2007, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, NZC Nos. 14260/H3 & 14261/H3.

Distribution. India (Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh).