Rec. zool. Surv. : Vol. 120(4)/373–386, 2020 ISSN (Online) : 2581-8686 DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/151352 ISSN (Print) : 0375-1511 A taxonomic note on (Scoliidae, , and ) of Madayipara, ,

P. Girish Kumar1*, Muhamed Jafer Palot2 and C. Charesh1 1Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, , Kerala – 673006, India; Email: [email protected], [email protected] 2Western Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Pune – 411044, , India; Email: [email protected]

Abstract The wasps of the families Scoliidae, Vespidae, Ampulicidae and Sphecidae of Madayipara, a midland laterite hillock of of Kerala have been studied. Altogether 34 species under 26 genera in 4 families were recorded of which 6 species under 4 genera in Scoliidae, 22 species under 17 genera in Vespidae, 1 species under 1 genus in Ampulicidae and 5 species under 4 genera in Sphecidae. The potter , Cyrtolabulus interstitialis

is reported for the first time from Kerala. Keywords: , Diversity, , Madayipara,

Introduction visitors of Pogostemon quadrifolius, a major nectar plant of the Madayipara (Palot, 2019), revealed that a total The midland hillocks are important topographic features of 71 species of butterflies were visiting the blue spiky of Kerala. The mosaic of these small hills lying between inflorescence for nectar. Similarly, many species of wasps the high rising and the low-lying coastal and are also attracted to Pogostemon plant for nectar. areas are biogeographically very significant landscapes. A study on the diversity of wasps (selected families) of The midland tract of Kerala covers approximately 15,000 Madayipara, Kerala is presented here. sq km of land area of the State (Nair, 2011). Due to the extensive laterization of soils and the climatic features, the midlands of north Kerala are primarily flat-topped Material and Methods lateritic caps with unique flora and fauna. Madayipara is a This study is based on collections made from Madayipara typical flat topped hillock (Figures 35 and 36) overlooking between July 2017 and August 2019. All the specimens Payangadi town on the northern bank of Kuppam river, studied are added to the “National Zoological Collections” located in village, at a latitude 12°2’ N and longitude of the Western Ghat Regional Centre of Zoological Survey 75°16’ E situated about 21 km north of Kannur town, the of India, Kozhikode (ZSIK). district headquarters of Kannur district in Kerala. The top The following abbreviations are used in the text for the of this hillock at an elevation of about 120 ft. above MSL is Museums: BMLU- Biological Museum, Lund University, a laterite plain of more than 365 ha in extent. Madayipara Lund, Sweden; BMNH- The Natural History Museum, hill is well known for its unique flora and fauna (Palot London SW7 5BD, England; HMUG- Hunterian and Radhakrishnan, 2005; Palot and Balakrishnan, 2014). Museum, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK; MCZ- About 670 species of flowering plants including 12 new Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, plant species were recorded from the hills (Balakrishnan Cambridge, USA; MHN- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, et al., 2010; Pramod et al., 2017). Due to its rich diversity Genéve, Switzerland; MNHN- Museum National of flowering plants, the area is also known for many d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; MRSN- Museo species of butterflies and other . A study on the Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Italy; NHMB-

* Author for correspondence Article Received on: 16.03.2020 Accepted on: 09.05.2020 A taxonomic note on wasps (Scoliidae, Vespidae, Ampulicidae and Sphecidae) of Madayipara, Kannur, Kerala

Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland; NMNH- Systematic Account National Museum for Natural History, Post bus 9 517, 2300 Family SCOLIIDAE RA, Leiden, The Netherlands; NZC- National Zoological 1.  (Campsomeriella) collaris collaris Collections, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India; Fabricius, 1775 (Figure 1) OLM- Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz, ♀ Austria; UZMC- Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, 1775. Tiphia collaris Fabricius, Systema Entomologiae, 354, type , India: coast of Malabar (ZMUC). Copenhagen, Denmark; ZMB- Zoologisches Museum ♀ der Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany; ZMUC- Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12784, 1 , ♀ Universitets København, Zoologisk Museum, København, 5.vii.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12785, 1 , ♀ Denmark; ZMUK- Zoological Museum, University of 29.vii.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12786, 1 , 11.xi.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12853, 1♀, Kiel, Germany; ZSIK- Western Ghat Regional Centre, 4.viii.2019, C. Charesh; all from INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, India. Madayipara. Results Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Altogether 34 species of wasps under 26 genera in 4 Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, families were recorded from Madayipara, Kerala. The Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, family Vespidae (paper wasps, potter wasps and hornets) Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, dominated with 22 species under 17 genera followed Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West by six species under 4 genera from the family Scoliidae Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; Nepal; (Girish (flower wasps or hairy wasps), five species under 4 genera Kumar and Rajmohana, 2009). from the family Sphecidae (thread-waisted wasps) and one species in 1 genus from the family Ampulicidae 2. Colpacampsomeris indica deccanensis Gupta and (cockroach wasps). Among the wasps, the most abundant Jonathan, 2003 (Figure 2) species was Chalybion bengalense, a sphecid wasp seen 2003. Colpacampsomeris indica deccanensis Gupta and Jonathan, throughout the season. The major stinging hornet, Vespa Fauna India and adjacent countries, Hym.: Scoliidae, 28, tropica haematodes is well distributed in the region. Many holotype ♀, India: Mudigere (NZC). nests of hornets were observed from the area during wet Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12787, 1♀, season from July to December. A huge nest of hornet was 29.vii.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12788, 1♀, located on the trunk of a Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) 1.ix.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12789, 1♀, during July- August, and measured more than 2m long 2.xii.2018, C. Charesh; all from INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, and 1m width. Madayipara. The significant finding of the study is the record of Distribution: India: Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra the small Cyrtolabulus interstitialis, which (Girish Kumar & Rajmohana, 2009). is the first report for Kerala. The species was earlier known from Goa and Maharashtra (Girish Kumar et al., 3.  (Regiscolia) azurea hindostana Micha, 2015; Gawas et al., 2019). The major nectar plant found 1927 (Figure 3) attracted by wasps in the area is Pogostemon quadrifolius, 1927. Triscolia azurea hindostana Micha, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, which provide nectar for the species from the month of 13: 121-122, ♀, ♂, South India, Madurai, Shen- Bagamur August to February. The other important nectar plants (ZMB). for the wasp species are Premna latifolia, Acacia intsia Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12790, 1♀, and Syzyigium caryophyllatum. The detailed systematic 28.vii.2019, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12854, account of the wasp species found in the Madayipara hill 1♀, 4.viii.2019, C. Charesh; both from INDIA: Kerala, is listed below. Kannur, Madayipara.

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Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Bhutan (Girish Kumar & Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Rajmohana, 2009). Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar 4. (Discolia) bilunata de Saussure, 1858 (Figure 4) Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; Indonesia; 1858. Scolia (Lacosi) bilunata de Saussure, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (3) Laos; Malaysia; ; Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines; 6: 212, ♂, Nepal (ZMB). Singapore; Thailand (Gawaset al., 2019). Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12791–12794, 1♀ and 3♂♂, INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara, 8. Allorhynchium metallicum de Saussure, 1852 10.viii.2017, K.A. Dinesan. (Figure 8) 1852. Rygchium metallicum de Saussure, Ét. Fam. Vesp., 1: 114, Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Lectotype ♀, Bengal (MNHN). Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab, Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.11249 & 12803, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: 1♀ & 1♂, 29.vii.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.- Nepal; Sri Lanka (Girish Kumar & Rajmohana, 2009). INV.12804 & 12805, 1♀ & 1♂, 5.viii.2018, C. Charesh, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12806, 1♂, 1.ix.2018, C. Charesh; 5. Scolia (Discolia) cyanipennis Fabricius, 1804 ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12807, 1♂, 2.xii.2018, C. Charesh; (Figure 5) all from INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara. 1804. Scolia cyanipennis Fabricius, Syst. Piez., 244, ♀, Tranquebar (ZMUC). Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12795, 1♂, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep Islands, 1.ix.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12855–12857, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, 3♀♀, 4.viii.2019, C. Charesh; all from INDIA: Kerala, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kannur, Madayipara. Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and China (including Taiwan); Indonesia; Maldives Islands; Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka (Gawas et Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka al., 2019; Girish Kumar et al., 2019). (Girish Kumar & Rajmohana, 2009). 9. Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) abdominale ab- 6. Scolia (Discolia) felderi Betrem, 1928 (Figure 6) dominale Illiger, 1802 (Figure 9) 1928. Scolia (Scolia) felderi Betrem, Treubia, 9 (suppl.), 274-275, 1802. Vespa abdominalis Illiger, Magaz. Insektenk., 1: 192, type: holotype ♀, Sikkim: Ranjit Valley (BMNH). “Bengalen” (?ZMB). Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12796 & Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12250, 1♀, INDIA: 12797, 2♂♂, 29.vii.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.- Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara, 29.vii.2018, C. Charesh. INV.12798 & 12799, 2♂♂, 28.vii.2019, C. Charesh; all Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Jharkhand, from INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara. Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Distribution: India: Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Nagaland, Sikkim. Elsewhere: Myanmar (Girish Kumar & Elsewhere: Myanmar; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Vietnam Rajmohana, 2009). (Gawas et al., 2019).

Family VESPIDAE 10. Antodynerus flavescens flavescens Fabricius, 1775 7. Allorhynchium argentatum Fabricius, 1804 (Figure 7) (Figure 10) 1804. Vespa argentata Fabricius, Syst. Piez., 260, type ♂, “Sumatra” 1775. Vespa flavescens Fabricius, Syst. Entomol., 370, lectotype ♂, (UZMC). “In India Orientali” (ZMUC). Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12800–12802, Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.9860, 1♀, 1♀ & 2♂♂, INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara, INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara, 10.viii.2017, K.A. 29.vii.2018, C. Charesh. Dinesan.

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Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, 14. pyriforme pyriforme Fabricius, 1775 Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, (Figure 14) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, 1775. Vespa pyriformis Fabricius, Syst. Entomol., 371, type: China (?). Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12252–12253, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh; Pakistan (Gawas et 2♂♂, 5.viii.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.- al., 2019). INV.12254, 1♂, 1.ix.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.- INV.12816, 1♂, 28.vii.2019, C. Charesh; all from INDIA: 11. Antodynerus punctatipennis de Saussure, 1853 Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara. (Figure 11) Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra 1853. Odynerus punctatipennis de Saussure, Ét. Fam. Vesp., 1: 210, ♀ (in subgenus Leionotus), “les Indes Orientales?” (MNHN). Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12251, 1♂, INDIA: Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara, 29.vii.2017, C. Charesh. Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Distribution: India: Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh (Pannure et al., Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; Cambodia; China 2016). (including Hong Kong and Taiwan); Hawaii; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Moluccas; Myanmar; Nepal; New Guinea; 12. Cyrtolabulus interstitialis Cameron, 1902 (Figure 12) Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam (Gawaset al., 2019; 1902. Zethus interstitialis Cameron, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 14: Girish Kumar et al., 2019). 291, ♀, ♂, “Matheran” (BMNH). Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12808 & 15. Epsilon chikmagalurensis Lambert, 2008 (Figure 15) 12809, 1♀ & 1♂, 4.xi.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.- 2008. Antepipona chikmagalurensis Lambert, in Lambert et al., INV.12810–12814, 5♂♂, 2.xii.2018, C. Charesh; all from Uttar Pradesh J. Zool., 28 (1): 121, holotype ♀, Chikmagalur INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara. (NZC). Distribution: India: Goa, Kerala (new record), Maharashtra Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.11056, 12817 (Gawas et al., 2019). & 12818, 1♀ & 1♂, INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara, 4.xi.2018, C. Charesh. Remarks: This is a rare species, so far reported from Goa and Maharashtra. In the present study, we report it from Distribution: India: Goa, Karnataka, Kerala (Gawas et al., Kerala for the first time. 2019).

13. Delta conoideum Gmelin, 1790 (Figure 13) 16. Eumenes macrops de Saussure, 1852 (Figure 16) 1787. Vespa conica Fabricius, Mant. Ins., 1: 293, syntype ♀, China 1852. Eumenes macrops de Saussure, Ét. Fam. Vesp., 1: 41, ♂, “La (BMNH). Caroline du nord” (BMNH). 1790. Vespa conoidea Gmelin, in Limé, Syst. Nat. Ed., 13: 2753 Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12819, 1♀, [evidently a new name for V. conica Fabricius, 1787]. INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara, 29.vii.2018, C. Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.11056, 11148 Charesh. & 11221, 3♂♂, 29.vii.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.- Distribution: India: Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, INV.12815, 1♂, 28.vii.2019, C. Charesh; all from INDIA: Maharashtra, Nagaland, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara. Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Indonesia; Malaysia (Girish Kumar et al., 2017). Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, 17. Indodynerus capitatus Gusenleitner, 2008 (Figure 17) Meghalaya, Odisha, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, 2008. Indodynerus capitatus Gusenleitner, Linz. Biol. Beitr., 40(2): Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West 1500, 1501, holotype ♀, Karnataka: Sulya, Medikeri (OLM). Bengal. Elsewhere: Laos; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12820, 1♂, Vietnam (Gawas et al., 2019; Girish Kumar et al., 2019). 29.vii.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12821,

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1♂, 1.xi.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12822 Distribution: India: Kerala, Sikkim. Elsewhere: China & 12823, 2♂♂, 11.xi.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.- (including Taiwan); Indonesia; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; INV.12824, 1♂, 2.xii.2018, C. Charesh; all from INDIA: Vietnam (Pannure et al., 2016). Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara. Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, 21. Rhynchium brunneum brunneum Fabricius, 1793 Madhya Pradesh. Elsewhere: Pakistan (Gawas et al., 2019). (Figure 21) 1793. Vespa brunnea Fabricius, Entomol. Syst., 2: 264, syntype: sex 18. Labus pusillus van der Vecht, 1963 (Figure 18) not mentioned, “Tranquebariae, India (HMUG)”. 1963. Labus pusillus van der Vecht, Zool. Verh., Leiden, 60: 6, figs. Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.9861 & 9862, 1b-c, ♀, ♂, holotype ♀ “Deiyannewela, Kandy, Ceylon” 2♂♂, 10.viii.2017, K.A. Dinesan; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.- (NHMB). INV.11206–11207 and 11215–11216, 4♂♂, 29.vii.2018, Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12825, 1♀, 5.viii.2018, 1.ix.2018, C. Charesh; all from INDIA: Kerala, INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara, 4.xi.2018, C. Charesh. Kannur, Madayipara. Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha, Nepal; Sri Lanka; Vietnam (Gawas et al., 2019). Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; 19. Phimenes flavopictum Blanchard, 1845 (Figure 19) China (including Taiwan); Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; 1840. Eumenes flavopictusBlanchard, in d’Orbigny, Dict. Univ. Marianus; Myanmar; Nepal; New Britain; Pakistan; Palau; Hist. Nat., Atlas, 2: 8, pl. 2, fig. 21, Type locality Unknown (?MNHN). Seychelles; Thailand; Vietnam (Gawaset al., 2019). Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.9863 & 9864, 22. Subancistrocerus sichelii de Saussure, 1856 2♂♂, 10.viii.2017, K.A. Dinesan; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.- (Figure 22) INV.12255–12257, 2♂♂, 1.ix.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/ 1855. Odynerus sichelii de Saussure, Ét. Fam. Vesp., 3: 206, type ♂, WGRC/I.R.-INV.12260–12261, 1♂, 28.vii.2019, C. Indes Orientales (MHN). Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12826, 1♀ & 2♂♂, Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12830 & 12831, 27.vii.2018, C. Charesh; all from INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, 2♂♂, 1.ix.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12858, Madayipara. 1♂, 4.viii.2019, C. Charesh; all from INDIA: Kerala, Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Kannur, Madayipara. Delhi, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Elsewhere: China (including Hong Kong); Indonesia; Laos; Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Singapore, Sri Lanka; Thailand; West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh; Cambodia; Chagos Vietnam (Gawas et al., 2019). archipelago; China (including Taiwan); Malaysia; Mauritius; Myanmar; Nepal; Seychelles; Singapore; Sri 20. Pseudozumia indica indica de Saussure, 1855 Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam (Gawaset al., 2019). (Figure 20) 1855. Montezumia indica de Saussure, Ét. Fam. Vesp., 3: 167, pl. 9 figs. 4, 4a, ♀ (in division Parazumia), “Java” (lectotype, MRSN). 23. Zethus ceylonicus de Saussure, 1867 (Figure 23) Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12827, 1♂, 1867. Zethus ceylonicus de Saussure, Reise Novara, Zool., 2(1), 29.vii.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12828, 1♂, Hym.: 5, ♀ (in subgenus Calligaster), “Ceylon” (MHN). 1.ix.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12829, 1♂, Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12832, 4.xi.2018, C. Charesh; both from INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, 1♀, INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara, 1.ix.2018, Madayipara. C. Charesh.

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Distribution: India: Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal. 27. Polistes (Polistella) stigma tamulus Fabricius, 1798 Elsewhere: Sri Lanka (Girish Kumar et al. 2018). (Figure 27) 1798. Vespa tamula Fabricius, Suppl. Entomol. Syst., 263, Type ♀, 24. Ropalidia brevita Das and Gupta, 1989 (Figure 24) “in India Orientali, Dom Daldorff” (ZMUK). 1989. Ropalidia (Anthreneida) brevita Das and Gupta, Oriental Ins. Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12835, 1♀, Monogr., 11: 121, holotype ♂, Delhi: University ridge (NZC). 29.vii.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12836, 1♀, Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.9856–9859, 4.xi.2018, C. Charesh; both from INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, 3♀♀ & 1♂, 10.viii.2017, K.A. Dinesan; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.- Madayipara. INV.12833, 1♂, 2.xii.2018, C. Charesh; all from INDIA: Distribution: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Himachal Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara. Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Distribution: India: Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Pondicherry, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Pakistan; Sri Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Lanka; Vietnam (Gawas et al., 2019; Girish Kumar et al., Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Pakistan (Gawas et al., 2019). 2019; Girish Kumar et al., 2019). 28. Vespa tropica haematodes Bequaert, 1936 (Figure 28) 25. Ropalidia jacobsoni du Buysson, 1908 (Figure 25) 1936. Vespa tropica var. haematodes Bequaert, Treubia, 15: 336, 338, 1908. Icaria jacobsoni du Buysson, Notes Lieden Mus., 30: 123, type holotype ♀, India: “Kooloo” (MCZ). ♀, Java: Djakarta (= Batavia) (NMNH). Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12262, 1♀, Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12834, INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara, 5.viii.2018, 1♀, INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara, 1.ix.2018, C. Charesh. C. Charesh. Distribution: India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Vietnam (Gawas West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; Indonesia; Myanmar et al., 2019). (Gawas et al., 2019). Remarks: This species usually making large underground nests. The stinging of this species is fatal. 26. Polistes (Polistella) sagittarius sagittarius de Family AMPULICIDAE Saussure, 1853 (Figure 26) 1853. Polistes sagittarius de Saussure, Ét. Fam. Vesp., 2: 56, ♀, “Les 29. Trirogma caerulea Westwood, 1841 (Figure 29) Indes-Orientales, la Chine” (Syntypes in BMNH and MHN). 1841. Trirogma caerulea Westwood, 152, ♂, holotype or syntypes: Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12837, 1♀, ♂, northern India: no specific locality (depository unknown). 1.ix.2018, C. Charesh; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12838 and Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12840, 1♀, 12839, 1♀ and 1♂, 4.xi.2018, C. Charesh; all from INDIA: INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara, 28.vii.2019, Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara. C. Charesh. Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Distribution: India: Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Nagaland, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Myanmar; Sri Lanka; Singapore; Taiwan (Girish Kumar Bangladesh; China (including Hong Kong); Indonesia; and Sheela, 2017). Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam (Gawas et al., 2019).

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Family SPHECIDAE 33. Sphex argentatus Fabricius, 1787 (Figure 33) 30. Ammophila clavus Fabricius, 1775 (Figure 30) 1787. Sphex  argentatus Fabricius, Mantissa Insectorum: 274, sex 1775. Sphex clavus Fabricius, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7: 348, sex not indicated (as argentata, incorrect original termination), not indicated (as clauus), holotype or syntypes ♀, Nova lectotype ♀, India: Coromandel (= southeastern coast): no Hollandia, now Australia: no specific locality (BMNH). specific locality (ZMUC), designated by van der Vecht 1961, Zool. Verh. Leiden, 48: 28. Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12841, 1♀, Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12844, INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara, 5.viii.2018, 1♂, INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara, 1.ix.2018, C. Charesh. C. Charesh. Distribution: India: Assam, Delhi, Kerala, Maharashtra, Distribution: India: Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Widely distributed Elsewhere: Australia; Indonesia; China; Japan; Laos; (Pulawski, 2019). Nepal (Pulawski, 2019).

34. Sphex sericeus Fabricius, 1793 (Figure 34) 31. Chalybion bengalense Dahlbom, 1845 (Figure 31) 1804. Pepsis sericeus Fabricius, Syst. Piez.: 211, sex not indicated 1845. Pelopoeus bengalensis Dahlbom, Fasc., 3: 433, ♀, ♂, holotype (as sericea, incorrect original termination), lectotype: ♀, “in or syntypes, India: Bengal; no specific locality (BMLU). maris pacifici Insulis” (UZMC), designated by van der Vecht, Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12842, 1961, Zool. Verh. Leiden, 48: 30. 1♀, INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara, 2.xii.2018, Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12845, 1♀, C. Charesh. INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara, 11.xi.2018, Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, C. Charesh. Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Distribution: India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Widely distributed (Pulawski, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: 2019). Australia; Bangladesh; Chagos Archipelago; China; Egypt; Eritrea; Ethiopia; French Polynesia; Gilbert Island; Greece; Discussion Indonesia; Guam Island; Iraq; Italy; Japan; Lesser Sunda Island; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Mascarenes; The midlands, with several scattered and isolated hillocks Misool; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nepal; Philippines; are one of the most important landscape features of Seychelles islands; Singapore; Socotra; South Africa; Sri Kerala, between the high-rising Western Ghats and Lanka; Tanzania; Taiwan; Ternate; Thailand; Timor; United the low coastal area. The rocky outcrops, temporary State; Vietnam; Volcano Island; Yemen (Pulawski, 2019). pools, ponds, grasslands and the forest patches of these hillocks are rich in diverse microhabitats accommodating 32. Sceliphron madraspatanum madraspatanum specialized ecosystems and many en­demic plants and Fabricius, 1781 (Figure 32) (Palot and Radhakrishnan, 2005; Palot and 1781. Sphex madraspatanus Fabricius, Species Insectorum: 445, Balakrishnan, 2014; Pramod et al., 2014). Except for a sex not indicated (as madraspatana, incorrect original paper on insect visitors on Pogostemon quadrifolius plant ♂ termination), lectotype , India: Malabar (BMNH), by Palot (2019) no published literature is available on the designated by van der Vecht, 1961, Zool. Verh. Leiden, 48: 43. insect fauna of laterite hill ecosystem of the region. The Material examined: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.12843, present study shows a high diversity of aculeate wasp ♀ 1 , INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara, 1.ix.2018, species in a small hillock of Madayipara, which forms C. Charesh. the first report for the midland ecosystem of Kerala. Even Distribution: India: Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal though the area is rich in other hymenopterans like , Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and bees and parasitic wasps, so far, no studies have been Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, done on those groups. The presence of rare wasp species Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, such as Cyrtolabulus interstitialis (Cameron), Indodynerus Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Myanmar; Nepal; capitatus Gusenleitner, Pseudozumia indica indica (de Sri Lanka; Maldives; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; Cambodia; Saussure), Zethus ceylonicus de Saussure, and Trirogma Malaysia; Indonesia (Pulawski, 2019). caerulea Westwood, in Madayipara also showed the

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high biodiversity significance of the area. Among them, and soil has disrupted the water availability and supply Cyrtolabulus interstitialis is the first report from Kerala, within these hills and surrounding areas and has severely which is so far known only from Goa and Maharashtra. threatened the very existence of the biodiversity of Most of the wasp collections were conducted during the Madayipara, a most endangered laterite hill ecosystem of flowering season of certain plant species such asPremna northern Kerala. latifolia, Pogostemon quadrifolius, Acacia intsia and Syzyigium caryophyllatum, a thorough study focussing Acknowledgements on the pollination ecology of the hymenopteran insects The authors are grateful to Dr. Kailash Chandra, Director, in respect to the flowering plants should be done to reveal Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, and Dr. P.M. the actual hymenopteran diversity of the area. Sureshan, Officer-in-Charge, Western Ghat Regional The midland hill system of Madayipara has been Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode and Dr. facing serious danger of deg­radation over the years. P.S. Bhatnagar, Officer-in-Charge, Western Regional Most part of the midland hillocks­ have been converted Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Pune for providing to plantations, building sites, mining sites, tourism, etc. facilities and encouragements. The indiscriminate mining for laterite blocks, china clay

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