ISSN 0973-1555(Print) ISSN 2348-7372(Online) HALTERES, Volume 11, 36-43, 2020  D. GHOSH, P.G. KUMAR, B. TRIPATHY AND K. CHANDRA doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4042968

An updated checklist of (Insecta: ) from Arunachal Pradesh, with new distributional records from the State

*Dibyajyoti Ghosh1, P. Girish Kumar2, Basudev Tripathy1 and Kailash Chandra1

1Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700053, India. 2Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala-673006, India.

(Email: [email protected])

Abstract

An updated checklist of 69 from 26 genera and 4 subfamilies of Vespidae from Arunachal Pradesh is provided in this study. Four species, viz. macrops de Saussure, Polistes (Polistella) adustus Bingham, Polistes (Polistella) rubellus Gusenleitner, and germanica (Fabricius), are documented for the first time from Arunachal Pradesh.

Keywords: Hymenoptera, New records, Arunachal Pradesh, Checklist.

Received: 20 January 2020; Revised: 24 September 2020; Online: 28 September 2020

Introduction Arunachal Pradesh is the eastern most state, an updated checklist of Vespidae from state of India and among the biodiversity Arunachal Pradesh is provided through the hotspots at India (Myers et al., 2000). The present work. location of the state with topographical and climatological uniqueness made the state as Materials and Methods one of the most species rich regions of the Surveys were undertaken in different country. parts of Indian Himalayan region, as part of Family Vespidae belongs to the order the NMHS- Biodiversity assessment project. Hymenoptera with 5000 species recorded However, in this study, specimens collected globally, with six subfamilies, viz. from Arunachal Pradesh are only taken into Eumeninae, Vespinae, Polistinae, Masarinae, account. were collected, narcotised Stenogastrinae and Euparagiinae (Goulet & with ethyl acetate and subsequently stored in Huber, 1993) and is represented by 150 70% ethyl alcohol. Specimens were then species under 40 genera from the Indian taken to the laboratory, properly stretched, Himalayan region (Chandra et al., 2018). pinned and identification was done following Reports of Vespidae from Arunachal Pradesh Bingham (1897), Das & Gupta (1989), is however scattered and scanty. The earlier Gusenleitner (2006), Fabricius (1793), Girish work done by Bingham (1897), Roy & Kundu Kumar et al. (2017) and then compared with (1985), Das & Gupta (1989), Kundu et al. reference collections from Zoological Survey (2006), Singh et al. (2010), Srinivasan & of India, Western Ghats Regional Centre, Girish Kumar (2010), Kenny et al. (2019) and Kozhikode (ZSIK). All the specimens were Gawas et al. (2020) reflected documentation examined and photographed under Leica of few species for the state, altogether 65 stereo zoom microscope and labelled with species of Vespidae have been reported from Adobe Photoshop v7.0. Arunachal Pradesh. Present study reports new Taxonomic classification is followed distributional records of four species from the as in Carpenter (1982). The different state taking the tally to 69 species belonging morphological terms that are used for to 26 genera from 4 subfamilies. Along with describing the specimen followed Das & brief description of the new records from the Gupta (1989) and Girish Kumar et al. (2017).

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Figure 1. Collection localities of Family Vespidae from Arunachal Pradesh, India.

Abbreviations used Diagnosis: Legs almost entirely ferruginous BL: Body Length; BMNH: The Natural (coxae and trochanter black), rarely with few History Museum, formerly British Museum yellow markings on fore and mid leg; (Natural History), London, Great Britain; punctation of second tergum relatively coarse FWL: Fore Wing Length; OLM: and not very dense; second tergum, in profile, Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz, little swollen in middle, weakly impressed Austria; ZSIK: Zoological Survey of India, preapically, and apical margin slightly Western Ghats Regional Centre, Kozhikode, reflected; in male, apical antennal article Kerala, India. hooked, its apex reaching middle of 10th segment in curved position. Results Taxonomic Account Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh Order Hymenoptera (present record), Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Family Vespidae Maharashtra, Nagaland, Pondicherry, Subfamily Eumeninae Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Genus Eumenes Latreille, 1802 Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Indonesia; Eumenes macrops de Saussure (Fig. 2A-D) Malaysia; Myanmar. (Girish Kumar et al., 2017). Eumenes macrops de Saussure, 1852: 41, ♂— ―La Caroline du nord‖ (BMNH). Remarks: This is one of the widely Material examined: Registration distributed potter in India. First time No.22424/H3 and 22425/H3, 1 Male and 1 reported from Arunachal Pradesh. Female, 13.iii.2017, 27.506 N, 96.396 E, Alt. 345.4 metres, Deban, Namdapha National Subfamily Polistinae Park, Changlang, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Tribe Polistini coll. J. Saini & Party. Genus Polistes Latreille, 1802 Subgenus Polistella Ashmead, 1904 Male: BL 14.8mm; FWL 9.1 mm. Polistes (Polistella) adustus Bingham, 1897 Female: BL 11.7 mm; FWL 8.2 mm. (Fig. 3A-D)

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Polistes adustus Bingham, 1897: 397, ♀, Remarks: This is a Himalayan species with a holotype, "Sikkim, up to 6000 feet" limited distributional record. First time (BMNH). reported from Arunachal Pradesh.

Material examined: Registration Subfamily Vespinae No.22426/H3, 1 Male, 21.ix.2018, 27.578 N, Genus Vespula Thomson, 1869 91.976 E, Alt. 2274 metres, Jung, Tawang, Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793) Arunachal Pradesh, India, coll. S. Ahmed & (Fig. 5A-D) Party. Vespa germanica Fabricius, 1793: 256 - BL 14.9mm; FWL 11.3 mm. [Germany] "Kiliae" (type depository unknown). Diagnosis: Metasoma black with broad red band on apical margin of first to fifth tergum; Material examined: Registration No. scutellum more or less raised, elevated from 22429/H3, 1 Female, 21.iv.2018, 27.578 N, the level of mesoscutum; second sternum 91.976 E, Alt. 2274 metres, Jung, Tawang, angular at base, propodeum with sharp lateral Arunachal Pradesh, India, coll. J. Saini & edges; legs not completely black. In males, Party. sub genital plate with central tubercle. BL 22.4 mm; FWL 14.1 mm. Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh (present record), Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Diagnosis: Margin behind third mandibular Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Sikkim, tooth distinctly concave; outer basal flange of Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: mandible strongly curved; occipital carina Bhutan; China; Nepal (Das & Gupta, 1989). reaching mandibular base; apical margin of clypeus concave and depressed medially; Remarks: This species is distributed in mesosomal punctures indistinct; propodeum Himalaya and adjacent regions. First time not rugose. reported from Arunachal Pradesh. Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh Polistes (Polistella) rubellus Gusenleitner, (present record), Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & 2006 (Fig. 4A-D) Kashmir. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Albania; Polistes rubellus Gusenleitner 2006: 684, ♀, Algeria; Armenia; Argentina (Introduced); holotype, Yuksam 8 km S, W-Sikkim, Ascension Island (Introduced); Australia India [OLM]. (Introduced); Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia & Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Material examined: Registration (Introduced); Chile (Introduced); No.22427/H3, 1 Female, 21.ix.2018, 27.575 China; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; N, 91.973 E, Alt. 2271 metres, Jung, Tawang, Estonia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Arunachal Pradesh, India, coll. S. Ahmed & Greece; Hungary; Iceland (Introduced); Iran; Party. Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Korea; Kyrgyzstan; Lebanon; Liechtenstein; BL 15.2 mm; FWL 11.9 mm. Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia; Malta; Mayotte; Moldova; Mongolia; Morocco; Diagnosis: Second sternum behind the basal Nepal; Netherlands; New Zealand furrow, in side view, not angular, only (Introduced); Norway; Pakistan; Poland; strongly curved; propodeum with strong Portugal; Romania; Russia; Sakhalin Island; transverse striations; base of metanotum with Scotland; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; South distinct transverse carina; metasoma Africa (Introduced); Spain (including Canary bicoloured: black and ferruginous. Islands); Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Taiwan; Tajikistan; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh U.K.; Ukraine; U.S.A. (Introduced); (present record), Sikkim. Elsewhere: Nepal Uzbekistan (Girish Kumar and Carpenter, (Gusenleitner, 2006; Nguyen et al., 2011). 2018).

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Figure 2. Eumenes macrops de Saussure: A. Habitus; B. Head, Frontal View; C. Head and Mesosoma, Dorsal View; D. Metasoma, Lateral View.

Figure 3. Polistes (Polistella) adustus Bingham 1897: A. Habitus; B. Head, Frontal View; C. Head and Mesosoma, Dorsal View; D. Metasoma, Lateral View.

Figure 4. Polistes (Polistella) rubellus Gusenleitner, 2006: A. Habitus; B. Head, Frontal View; C. Head and Mesosoma, Dorsal View; D. Metasoma, Lateral View.

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Figure 5. Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793): A. Habitus; B. Head, Frontal View; C. Head and Mesosoma, Dorsal View; D. Metasoma, Lateral View.

Remarks: V. garmanica is a common Eumeninae has 30 species belonging to European (Palaearctic) species. Being 17genera, followed by Polistinae with 20 invasive, except Antarctica, widely introduced species under 3 genera, Vespinae with 16 to all of the continents. Previously reported species from 3 genera and Stenogastrinae with from Kashmir, India (Lester & Beggs, 2019). 3 species belonging to 3 genera (Fig.6). Being First time recorded from Arunachal Pradesh. a biodiversity hotspot, Arunachal Pradesh harbours a vast range of faunal diversity Discussion which is yet to be discovered. So, it is According to the generic and species imperative that further intensive sampling diversity of family Vespidae from Arunachal effort is needed in order to discover all the Pradesh, the most speciose subfamily faunal resources from the region.

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Figure 6. Generic and species diversity of Vespidae subfamilies in Arunachal Pradesh, India.

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AN ANNOTATED DISTRIBUTIONAL 23. Paraleptomenes rufoniger Giordani CHECKLIST OF VESPIDAE Soika, 1994 (HYMENOPTERA: VESPOIDEA) OF 12. Genus Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 1925 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 24. Parancistrocerus holzschuhi SUBFAMILY: EUMENINAE Gutsenleitner, 1987 TRIBE: EUMENINI 13. Genus Pararrhynchium de Saussure, 1. Genus de Saussure, 1855 1855 1. Delta companiforme companiforme 25. Pararrhynchium venkataramani Girish (Fabricius, 1775) Kumar and Carpenter, 2017 2. Delta conoideum (Gmelin, 1790) 14. Genus Pareumenes de Saussure, 1855 3. (de Saussure, 1852) 26. Pareumenes quadrispinosus acutus Liu, 4. Delta esuriens (Fabricius, 1787) 1941 5. pyriforme (Fabricius, 27. Pareumenes quadrispinosus 1775) quadrispinosus (de Saussure, 1855) 2. Genus Eumenes Latreille, 1802 15. Genus Rhynchium Spinola, 1806 6. Eumenes architectus Smith, 1859 [kept as 28. Rhynchium brunneum (Fabricius, 1793) doubtful species from India; see Girish 16. Genus Subancistrocerus de Saussure, Kumar et al., 2017] 1855 7. Eumenes assamensis Meade-Waldo, 1910 29. Subancistrocerus sichelii (de Saussure, 8. Eumenes atrophicus (Fabricius, 1798) 1856) 9. Eumenes punctatus de Saussure, 1852 17. Genus Tropidodynerus Blüthgen, 1939 10. Eumenes macrops de Saussure, 1852 30. Tropidodynerus (Tropidepipona) (new record) fraternus (Bingham, 1897) 3. Genus Phimenes Giordani Soika, 1992 11. Phimenes flavopictus (Blanchard, 1845) SUBFAMILY: POLISTINAE TRIBE: ODYNERINI TRIBE: POLISTINI 4. Genus Allorhynchium van der Vecht, 18. Genus Polistes Latreille, 1802 1963 Subgenus Gyrostoma Kirby, 1828 12. Allorhynchium argentatum (Fabricius, 31. Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus (De Geer, 1804) 1773) 5. Genus Antepipona de Saussure, 1855 32. Polistes (Gyrostoma) tenebricosus 13. Antepipona biguttata (Fabricius, 1787) Lepeletier, 1836 14. Antepipona bipustulata (de Saussure, 33. Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi carletoni 1855) van der Vecht, 1968 6. Genus Anterhynchium de Saussure, 1863 Subgenus Polistella Ashmead, 1904 15. Anterhynchium (Dirhynchium) 34. Polistes (Polistella) dawnae Dover and flavolineatum (Smith, 1857) Rao, 1922 7. Genus Antodynerus de Saussure, 1855 35. Polistes (Polistella) nigritarsis Cameron, 16. Antodynerus limbatus (de Saussure, 1852) 1900 8. Genus Apodynerus Giordani Soika, 1993 36. Polistes (Polistella) sagittarius de 17. Apodynerus formosensis indicus Giordani Saussure, 1854 Soika,1994 37. Polistes (Polistella) adustus Bingham, 18. Apodynerus troglodytes troglodytes (de 1897 (new record) Saussure, 1856) 38. Polistes (Polistella) rubellus 9. Genus Labus de Saussure, 1867 Gusenleitner, 2006 (new record) 19. Labus humbertianus de Saussure, 1867 TRIBE: POLYBIINI 20. Labus pusillus van der Vecht, 1963 19. Genus de Saussure, 1853 10. Genus Orancistrocerus van der Vecht, 39. Parapolybia indica (de Saussure, 1854) 1963 40. Parapolybia varia (Fabricius, 1787) 21. Orancistrocerus aterrimus khasianus 41. Parapolybia tinctipennis (Cameron, (Cameron, 1900) 1900) 11. Genus Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika, TRIBE: ROPALIDIINI 1970 20. Genus Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1831 22. Paraleptomenes darugiriensis Girish 42. Ropalidia cyathiformis (Fabricius, 1804) Kumar et al., 2014 43. Ropalidia brevita Das & Gupta, 1989

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