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Tshering Nidup, Wim Klein, P. Girish Kumar & Phurpa Dorji

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Poter wasps belong to the Additional reports of solitary subfamily Eumeninae of family potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespidae. These are solitary species Eumeninae) in Bhutan ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) though some show primitve social ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) behavior. This group is economically Tshering Nidup 1, Wim Klein 2, P. Girish Kumar 3 & important as the predators of insect Phurpa Dorji 4 OPEN ACCESS larva of many pests; however, adults 1 Department of Environment and Life Sciences, Sherubtse College, feed on nectar (Srinivasan & Royal University of Bhutan, Trashigang, Bhutan Kumar 2010). The poter or mason 2 Honorary Research Associate, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, wasp of Bhutan is documented by 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands 3 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Giordani (1975) recording Rhynchium haemorrhoidale Kozhikode, Kerala 673006, India quinquecinctum, Ancistrocerus sikkimensis, Delta 4 Royal Society for Protecton of Nature (RSPN), P.O. Box: 325, pyriforme, and described Stenodynerus baronii and Building # 25, Lhado Lam, Kawajangsa, Thimphu, Bhutan 1 [email protected] (corresponding author), Antepipona bhutanensis as new to science. Pareumenes [email protected], 3 [email protected], 4 [email protected] quadrispinosus was reported from the Himalaya by Bingham (1897), and Srinivasan & Kumar (2010) specifcally listed it from Bhutan in their distributon invertebrate documentaton project during the period list. Nidup et al. (2016) reported seven species of of June 2014 to June 2017 from diferent localites of petolate poter wasps from Bhutan with an additonal Bhutan. two subspecies, Pareumenes quadrispinosus acutus and The specimens were caught with a swif net and Delta pyriforme pyriforme. This, however, is a mere euthanized with ethyl acetate. The specimens were underestmaton of the vast diversity and richness of pinned, dried, stored in an insect box and deposited in Eumeninae wasps in Bhutan. This paper reports 11 the Natonal Biodiversity Centre (NBCB), Bhutan. The species with an additonal subspecies from Bhutan specimens were studied under a stereomicroscope and including Antepipona bhutanensis Giordani, 1975, for photographed with a Nikon D5100 with an atached the frst tme afer its original descripton. This study 40mm macro lens. is based on a series of specimens collected during the

Abbreviatons: BMNH - Britsh Museum (Natural History), London, UK; MRSN - Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Italy; MSNV - Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia, Venice, Italy; NBCB - Natonal Biodiversity Centre Bhutan, Bhutan; NHMB - Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland; OUM - Oxford University Museum, Oxford, UK; UZMC - Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, København, Denmark; ZMB - Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany; ZSIK - Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode (= Calicut), India.

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Editor: P.M. Sureshan, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, India. Date of publicaton: 26 April 2018 (online & print)

Manuscript details: Ms # 3888 | Received 13 November 2017 | Final received 31 March 2018 | Finally accepted 02 April 2018

Citaton: Nidup, T., W. Klein. P.G. Kumar & P. Dorji (2018). Additonal reports of solitary poter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) in Bhutan. Journal of Threatened Taxa 10(5): 11686–11696; htp://doi.org/10.11609/jot.3888.10.5.11686-11696

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Acknowledgements: The authors would like to acknowledge Natonal Biodiversity Centre (NBC), Bhutan for coordinatng the invertebrate documentaton project, Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservaton (BTFEC) for funding and Mr. Tshering Wangdi, President, Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan, for supportng us during the feldwork. LOGOs

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1a. Anterhynchium favomarginatum curvimaculatum Measurements: 1 female: 24.20mm. (Cameron, 1903) (Images 1 & 2) Materials examined: NBCB00193, 15.iv.2016, 1 Rhynchium curvimaculatum Cameron, 1903, Ann. female, Phuntshothang (Bangtar), Samdrup Jongkhar Mag. Nat. Hist., 11(7): 328, female, Khasia Hills, Assam (27.890N & 91.690E, 258m), coll. Tshering Nidup & [=Meghalaya] (OUM). Phurpa Dorji. Rhynchium collinum Cameron, 1903, Ann. Mag. Distributon: India (van der Vecht 1963). New record Nat. Hist., 11(7): 329, female, male, Khasia Hills, Assam for Bhutan. [=Meghalaya] (OUM). Diagnosis: Black with the following parts yellow: two 1b. Anterhynchium favomarginatum favomarginatum spots on pronotum dorsally, postscutellum narrowly at (Smith, 1852) (Images 3 & 4) base, a spot on mesopleuron, I & II tergites with narrow Rhynchium favo-marginatum Smith, 1852, Trans. apical bands interrupted medially, clypeus with two Ent. Soc. Lond., 2(2): 35, male, China (BMNH). spots at base laterally, spot between antennae, scape Odynerus nigrifrons Smith, 1857, Cat. Hym. Brit. from inner side; wings fuscous with purple efulgence. Mus., 5: 62, female - “North China (Shanghai)” (BMNH). For detailed descripton, consult van der Vecht (1963). Diagnosis: This subspecies is distnguished from Anterhynchium favomarginatum curvimaculatum in having smaller size, postscutellum wholly black, yellow spot between antennae, lacking of yellow mark on clypeus at base, broadly interrupted yellow bands on I & II tergites (separaton much wider in II tergite), lacking yellow spots on mesopleuron. For more details, consult van der Vecht (1963). Measurements: 1 female: 16.30mm. Materials examined: NBCB00194, 12.x.2015, 1 female, Tsholingkhar, Tsirang (270N & 90.080E, 1,159m), coll. Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein from the paddy feld. Distributon: China, India, Vietnam, Pakistan, Nepal, Laos, Mongolia, Korea & Japan (van der Vecht 1963; Nguyen 2015). New record for Bhutan.

2. Allorhynchium argentatum (Fabricius, 1804) (Images 5 & 6) © Tshering Nidup Vespa argentata Fabricius, 1804, Syst. Piez.: 260,

Image 1. Anterhynchium favomarginatum curvimaculatum male, “Sumatra” (UZMC). (female): habitus. Rhynchium clypeatum Cameron, 1900, Ann. Mag.

Image 2. Anterhynchium f. curvimaculatum (female): facial view (A) and posterior porton of mesosoma (B).

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Nat. Hist. (7) 6: 531, female, “Barrackpore, Bengal” Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; NBCB00200, 12.x.2015, (BMNH). 1 male, Tsholingkhar, Tsirang (270N & 90.080E & Allorhynchium argentatum; van der Vecht, 1963, 1,159m), coll. Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; NBCB00201, Zool. Verh., Leiden 60: 60 (list), fg. 5a. 16.vi.2012, 1 female, Chuzomsa, Wangdiphodrang Diagnosis: Female: Body entrely black except yellow (27.500N & 89.960E, 1,362m), coll. Wim Klein. line in between antennal toruli and inner eye margin, Distributon: India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, tarsal claws blackish-brown. Wings dark with purple Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore & refectons, body with rather sparsely to moderately Thailand (Kumar & Sharma 2015). New record for dense fne silvery white pubescence. Male: similar to Bhutan. female except partly to almost entrely yellow clypeus. For more details, consult Kumar & Sharma (2015). 3. Rhynchium brunneum brunneum (Fabricius, 1793) Measurements: 3 males: 11.51–13.64 mm; 4 (Image 7) females: 12.15–12.51 mm. Vespa brunnea Fabricius, 1793, Entomol. Syst., 2: Materials examined: NBCB00195, 18.iv.2016, 1 264, Syntype, sex not mentoned, “Tranquebariae, India female, NBCB00196, 11.iv.2015, 1 male, Nganglam, (UZMC)”. Pema Gatshel (26.820N & 91.230E, 720m), coll. Phurpa Rhynchium brunneum; Spinola, 1808, Ins. Ligur, 2: Dorji, Thinley Gyeltshen & Tshering Nidup; NBCB00197, 189. 26.x.2015, 1 female, Kapatapsa, Wangdiphodrang Rhynchium brunneum brunneum: Gusenleitner, (27.710N & 89.760E, 1,476m), coll. Phurpa Dorji & Wim 2006, Linzer bioI. Beitr., 38 (1): 692 (Sikkim, Meghalaya, Klein; NBCB00198, 19.vii.2015, 1 female, Phuntshothang, West Bengal). Samdrup Jongkhar (27.890N & 91.690E, 258m), coll. Diagnosis: Female: clypeus broad and truncate, I Tshering Nidup & Phurpa Dorji; NBCB00199, 15.x.2015, and II tergite black at base, punctures on clypeus large 1 male, Bert, Zhemgang (27.150N & 90.660E, 531m), coll. and dense, reddish brown body. Male: other characters similar to female except yellow parts: clypeus, lower frons, inner eye margins. Mesonotum darker than in female. For more characters, consult Kumar & Sharma (2013). Measurements: 3 males: 13.92–14.16 mm; 3 females: 14.96–21.17 mm. Materials examined: NBCB00202, 17.iv.2016, 1 female, Panbang, Zhemgang (26.850N & 90.970E, 222m), coll. Phurpa Dorji, Thinley Gyeltshen & Tshering Nidup; NBCB00203, 07.x.2015, 1 female, Sorchen, Chhukha (26.890N & 89.420E, 960m), coll. Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; NBCB00204, 15.vi.2016, 1 female, Kanglung, © Tshering Nidup Trashigang (27.280N & 91.520E, 1,823m), coll. Phurpa Image 3. Anterhynchium f. favomarginatum (female): habitus. Dorji & Tshering Nidup; NBCB00205, 25.vii.2016, 1 male,

Image 4. Anterhynchium f. favomarginatum (female): facial view (A) and posterior porton of mesosoma (B).

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Kanglung, Trashigang (27.280N & 91.520E, 1,823m), coll. Poona, Khasia Hills” (syntypes: OUM; 2 male BMNH). Phurpa Dorji & Tshering Nidup; NBCB00206, 08.x.2015, 1 Diagnosis: Female: reddish-brown with black male, Pasakha, Chhukha (26.840N & 89.450E, 329m), coll. markings, thorax more or less black ventrally, reddish- Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; NBCB00207, 22.x.2015, 1 brown parts: abdomen wholly except I & II tergites at male, Trashigang Pam, Trashigang (27.310N & 91.530E, base, hind coxa and femur, frons around antennae 987m), coll. Phurpa Dorji & Wim Klein. forming irregular shape, enlarged spot around ocelli, Distributon: India, Afghanistan, Cambodia, China, triangular shaped on mesonotum anteriorly and Guam, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Marquesas posterior apically, propodeum medially, tergites faintly Island, Myanmar, Nepal, New Britain, Pakistan, Taiwan yellow apically. Wings hyaline brown, marginal cell & Thailand (Kumar & Sharma 2013). New record for darker. Male: similar to female except smaller size, Bhutan. clypeus wholly, irregular marks on frons, around the ocular emarginaton and inverted triangular mark above 4. Antodynerus limbatus (de Saussure, 1852) (Images 8, clypeus, yellow. For structural details, consult Kumar & 9 & 10) Carpenter (2013). Rhygchium limbatum de Saussure, 1852, Ét. Fam. Measurement: 12 females: 11.44–14.72 mm; 13 Vesp. 1: 117, female, pl. 13 fg. 10, “L’Amerique? “ (coll. males: 10.31–12.38 mm. de Romand). Materials studied: NBCB00208, NBCB00209, Rhynchium rugolatum Cameron, 1900, Ann. Mag. NBCB00210, NBCB00211, NBCB00212, 14.iv.2016, 4 Nat. Hist. (7) 6: 533, female, male, “Barrackpore, Bengal, females, 1 male, Nganglam, Pema Gatshel (26.820N & 91.230E, 720m), coll. Phurpa Dorji, Thinley Gyeltshen & Tshering Nidup from Deezama village; NBCB00213, NBCB00214, NBCB00215, NBCB00216, NBCB00217, 17.iv.2016, 2 females, 3 males, Panbang, Zhemgang (26.830N & 90.940E, 137m), coll. Phurpa Dorji, Thinley Gyeltshen & Tshering Nidup from Royal Manas Natonal Park of Bhutan; NBCB00218, 9.x.2015, 1 female, Dhamdangra, Chhukha (26.870N & 89.380E, 310m), coll. Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; NBCB00219, 13.x.2015, 1 female, Sarpang (26.870N & 90.260E, 331m), coll. Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; NBCB00220, NBCB00221, 27.x.2015, 1 female, 1 male, Bajothango, Wangdi Phodrang (27.510N & 89.880E, 1,218m), coll. Phurpa Dorji & Wim Klein; NBCB00222, NBCB00223, 12.viii.2016, 0 © Tshering Nidup 1 female, 1 male, Wachey, Wangdi Phodrang (27.60 N & 89.870E, 1,506m), coll. Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; Image 5. Allorhynchium argentatum (female): habitus

Image 6. Allorhynchium argentatum: Facial view (A: male; B: female)

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Image 7. Rhynchium brunneum brunneum (female): feeding on Image 8. Antodynerus limbatus (female): habitus. fower.

Image 9. Antodynerus limbatus: facial view (A: female; B: male).

NBCB00224, NBCB00225, 24.viii.2016, 2 females, Distributon: India, China, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thridangbi, Mongar (27.290N & 91.160E, 1,512m), coll. Pakistan, Thailand (Kumar & Carpenter 2013). New Phurpa Dorji & Wim Klein; NBCB00226, NBCB00227, record for Bhutan. NBCB00228, NBCB00229, 21.viii.2016, 4 males, Phuntshothang (Bangtar), Samdrup Jongkhar (26.880N 5. Phimenes favopictum (Zimmermann, 1931) (Image & 91.700E, 370m), coll. Phurpa Dorji & Wim Klein; 11) NBCB00230, 14.x.2015, 1 male, Tingtbi, Zhemgang Eumenes arcuata contnentalis Zimmermann, 1931, (27.140N & 90.690E, 631m), coll. Tshering Nidup & Wim Zietschr. Morph. Oek. Tiere, 22: 203, female, male, Klein; NBCB00231, 23.x.2015, 1 male, Menghugang, Syntypes, Type Loc. Sikkim (ZMB). Mongar (27.270N & 91.140E, 762m), coll. Phurpa Dorji Eumenes favopictus contnentalis; van der Vecht, & Wim Klein; NBCB00232, 18.vii.2016, 1 male, Yadi, 1959, Zool. Verh. Leiden, 41: 36. Mongar (27.280N & 91.370E, 1514m), coll. Phurpa Phimenes favopictum contnentale (Zimmermann); Dorji & Wim Klein; NBCB00233, 05.viii.2016, 1 male, Gusenleitner, 2006, Linzer Biol. Beitr. 38(1): 694. Dharamsala, Chhukha (26.870N & 89.410E, 303m), coll. Diagnosis: Male: Black with the following parts yellow: Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; NBCB00234, 19.viii.2016, Clypeus, interantennal space, inner orbit, ocular sinus, a 1 male, Trashigang Chagzam, Trashigang (27.350N & line behind eye, band on pronotum in front, two curved 91.550E, 766m), coll. Phurpa Dorji & Wim Klein. spots antero-laterally and two parallel longitudinal lines

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Image 11. Phimenes favopictum (male): habitus.

Image 10. Antodynerus limbatus (male): parasitc mite infestaton on propodeum.

Image 12. Coeleumenes burmanicus: habitus (male). Royal Manas Natonal Park of Bhutan. Distributon: India, China (including Hong Kong), medially on mesoscutum, broad C-shaped mark on Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore & Thailand tegula, subtriangular spot on scutellum laterally, broad (Srinivasan & Kumar 2010; Kumar 2013). New record for line on postscutellum apically, broad vertcal mark on Bhutan. mesopleuron, dorsum of propodeum laterally (depictng cross-shaped black mark centrally), two small spots 6. Coeleumenes burmanicus (Bingham, 1897) (Images at petole base laterally, two slightly medially and a 12 & 13) subapical band of petole, two large pyriform spots near Montezumia burmanica Bingham, 1897, Fauna Brit. base of II gastral tergite, two minute spots on II gastral India, Hym. 1: 350, fg. 101, female, male, “Tenasserim” sternite laterally, subapical interrupted bands on margins (BMNH). of II-VI tergites posteriorly, VII tergite black entrely. Montezumia bisulcata Cameron, 1900, Ann. Mag. Legs black, variegated with yellow. Wings fuscohyaline. Nat. Hist. (7) 6: 535, female, “Khasia Hills, Assam Clypeus smooth, pyriform, the apex sharply truncated, [=Meghalaya]” (OUM). frons, vertex and thorax with fne shallow punctures, Montezumia burmanica var. malayana Dover, 1931, petole and gaster smooth. J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 16: 253, female, “Jor Camp, Perak, Measurements: 1 male: 21.75mm. Malaya” (? BMNH). Synonymized by van der Vecht 1963: Materials examined: NBCB00235, 15.iv.2016, 1 male, 46. Panbang, Zhemgang (26.830N & 90.940E, 137m), coll. Coeleumenes burmanicus; van der Vecht, 1963, Zool. Phurpa Dorji, Thinley Gyeltshen & Tshering Nidup from Verh. Leiden 60: 46, [Sikkim; Assam; Indo-China; Siam;

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Image 14. Coeleumenes impavidus impavidus (male): habitus.

Image 15. Coeleumenes impavidus impavidus (male): facial view. Malaya; Vietnam (Than Moi)]. Diagnosis: Male: Jet-black with the following parts yellow: inner side of scape, subtriangular shape at base of clypeus, wedge-shaped between antennae, narrow Variaton: It difers from the descripton of Bingham lines on dorsum of pronotum; wings fuscous with purple (1897) in not having a yellow line on postscutellum and efulgence, posterior wings hyaline at base. two longitudinal lines on mesonotum but agrees on Measurements: 1 male: 11.26mm. having black mesoscutum as described by van der Vecht Materials examined: BNCB00236, 15.iv.2016, 1 male, (1963). Panbang, Zhemgang (26.840N & 90.990E, 390m), coll. Measurements: 1 male: 10.27mm. Phurpa Dorji, Thinley Gyeltshen & Tshering Nidup from Materials examined: BNCB00272, 01.x.2015, 1 male, the village of Thinleygang. Khaling, Trashigang (27.200N & 91.600E, 2073m), coll. Distributon: Vietnam, India, Malaysia, Myanmar Tshering Nidup & Phurpa Dorji from the village. (Bingham 1897; van der Vecht 1963; Nguyen 2016). Distributon: India, Indo-China, Malaysia, Myanmar, New record for Bhutan. Singapore, Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Bingham 1897; van der Vecht 1963). New record for Bhutan. 7. Coeleumenes impavidus impavidus (Bingham, 1897) (Images 14 & 15) 8. Apodynerus troglodytes troglodytes (de Saussure, Montezumia impavida Bingham, 1897, Fauna Brit. 1856) (Images 16 & 17) India, Hym., 1: 351, female, Burma; Tenasserim, type Odynerus troglodytes de Saussure, 1855, Ét. Fam. female, Thaungyin Valley, Tenasserim, (BMNH). Vesp. 3: 249, male (in subgenus Odynerus division Pseudozumia impavida; Giordani Soika, 1941, Boll. Parodynerus), “Le Sénégal” (MRSN). Soc. Venez. Stor. Nat., 2: 165, 168, fg. 8 (4, 5, 8). Apodynerus troglodytes troglodytes; Gusenleitner, Diagnosis: Male: Black with the following parts 1988, Linz. Biol. Beitr. 20: 180. yellow: clypeus, wedge-shaped above clypeus and Antepipona malabarica Lambert, 2004, in Rajmohana between antennae, scape of antennae in front, broad et al., Perspectves Biosystematcs Biodiversity: 554 line behind eyes not reaching vertex, pronotum dorsally (key), 560, female, “India, Kerala, Calicut University and medially interrupted, spot at mesopleurae basally, Campus”, holotype female (ZSIK). one spot each on tegula anteriorly and posteriorly, Antepipona narendrani Lambert, 2004, in Rajmohana mesoscutum on lateral apically, subtriangular marks et al., Perspectves Biosystematcs Biodiversity: 558, on lateral angles of scutellum litle marginally, medially female, male, “India, Kerala. Sulthan Bathery”, holotype interrupted transverse band on petole, apical bands on female (ZSIK). II, III & IV tergites, on III divided to three interrupted spots, Diagnosis: Body black with yellow maculaton, wings reduced to tny spot on V tergite, inner side of femur hyaline, thickly infumated at stgma, slightly infumated and tbia (tbia apically) on fore legs, inner side of femur at apex of median cell and radial cell entrely. Fine (apically) and tbia on mid legs, laterals of propodeum silvery white pubescence on body. The specimens apically; wings brownish hyaline, darker along costal studied agrees quite well with the descripton provided margin; antenna reddish yellow from inner side. by Kumar et al. (2013) but specimens from Bhutan difers

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Image 16. Apodynerus troglodytes troglodytes (male): habitus.

Image 17. Apodynerus troglodytes troglodytes (male): facial view. in lacking yellow spots on II tergite and mesepisternum. Measurements: 13 males: 5.85–7.08 mm. Materials examined: NBCB00238, NBCB00239, Diagnosis: Female: Black with following parts red: NBCB00240, NBCB00241, 20.viii.2016, 4 males, two spots on clypeus basally, scape ventrally, spot above Dewathang, Samdrup Jongkhar (26.850N & 91.450E, interantennal space and mesopleuron, narrow line along 941m), coll. Phurpa Dorji & Wim Klein from the campus internal eye lobe tll ocular sinus, elongated mark on of Jigme Namgyal College of Engineering; NBCB00242, temple, band on pronotum and scutellum (constricted NBCB00243, 21.viii.2016, 2 males, Bangtar, Samdrup in middle), tegula and parategula, all femora apically, all Jongkhar (26.880N & 91.690E, 278m), coll. Phurpa Dorji tbia and tarsi entrely, narrow apical band on I, II & IV & Wim Klein from the Bangtar market on the stream tergites and II sternite, spot on VI tergite, lateral spots bank; NBCB0244, 21.viii.2016, 1 male, Mantar, Samdrup on I tergite basally. Wings fuscous with faint purple Jongkhar (26.910N & 91.580E, 584m), coll. Phurpa efulgence. Dorji & Wim Klein from along the road;NBCB00245, Variaton: One female with red apical band on I-V NBCB00246, NBCB00247,14.iv.2016, 3 males, Nganglam, tergites and sternum II & III; red spots at the base of Pema Gatshel (26.820N & 91.230E, 720m), coll. Phurpa each tubercle on postscutellum; one female lack red Dorji, Thinley Gyeltshen & Tshering Nidup from Deezama spot on interantennal space. Village and Alabari Village; NBCB00248, 9.x.2015, 1 male, Measurements: 6 females: 8.54–9.97 mm. Dhamdangra, Chhukha (26.870N & 89.380E, 310m), coll. Materials examined: NBCB00251, 16.vi.2012, 1 Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; NBCB00249, 04.viii.2016, female, Geyneykha, Thimphu (27.310N & 89.600E, 1 male, Rinchending, Chhukha (26.840N & 89.390E, 2,824m), coll. Wim Klein; NBCB00252, NBCB00253, 461m), coll. Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; NBCB00250, 06.x.2016, 2 females, Chapcha, Chhukha (27.150N & 13.x.2015, 1 male, Chhokhorling, Sarpang (26.910N & 89.540E, 2,264m), coll. Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; 90.360E, 415m), coll. Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein from NBCB00254, NBCB00255, 06.x.2015, 2 females, Wang the village. sisina, Thimphu (27.350N & 89.570E, 2,209m), coll. Distributon: India, China (including Hong Kong), Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein;NBCB00256, 17.x.2015, Borneo, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia 1 female, Dechenpelrithang, Bumthang (27.510N & (including Sarawak, Sabah), Singapore, Indonesia: 90.800E, 2,483m), coll. Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein. Sumatra, Java (including Kangean), Sulawesi, Moluccas Distributon: India, Nepal, China, Myanmar, Laos (Kumar et al. 2013). New record for Bhutan. (Kumar et al. 2016). New record for Bhutan.

9. Antepipona tytdes (Cameron, 1904) (Images 18 & 19) 10. Antepipona bhutanensis Giordani Soika, 1975 Odynerus tytdes Cameron, 1904, Entomologist 37: (Images 20 & 21) 309, male, female, “Darjeeling, India” (BMNH). Antepipona bhutanensis Giordani Soika, 1975, Antepipona tytdes; Giordani Soika, 1975, Entomol. Entomol. Basil. 1: 390, fgs 2, 4, male, female, “Bhutan: Basil. 1: 390, fgs 3, 5 (compared to A. bhutanensis n. Thimphu” (holotype, male, NHMB). sp.). Diagnosis: black with the following parts red: two

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Image 21. Antepipona bhutanensis (male): facial view. spots on clypeus connected narrowly medially, clypeus apically, scape ventrally, spot on interantennal space, mesopleuron, inner margin of eye tll ocular sinus and lateral side of tergite II at base, elongated mark on temple, band on pronotum, scutellum and postscutellum, I-VI tergites with apical band, band on II-VI sternites, tegula (transparent in center), parategula, all femora apically, tbia and tarsi entrely. Wings fuscous with slight purple efulgence. Measurements: 2 males: 8.72–8.90 mm. Materials examined: NBCB00257, 09.viii.2016, 1 male, Paro (27.450N & 89.420E, 2,298m), coll. Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; NBCB00258, 06.x.2015, 1 male, Chapcha, Chhukha (27.150N & 89.540E, 2,264m), coll. © Tshering Nidup

Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein. Image 22. Antepipona bigutata (female): habitus. Distributon: Endemic to Bhutan (Thimphu, Paro, Chhukha). “China”, male, (UZMC). 11. Antepipona bigutata (Fabricius, 1787) (Images 22 Odontodynerus bigutatus: van der Vecht, 1959, & 23) Arch. Neerl. Zool. Suppl. 1: 241, fg 3 (redescripton of Vespa bigutata Fabricius, 1787, Mant. Ins. 1: 291, type).

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Image 23. Antepipona bigutata: facial view (A: male; B: female).

Antepipona bigutata; van der Vecht & Fischer, 1972, Nidup & Wim Klein; NBCB00262, 11.viii.2016, 1 female, Hym. Cat. (n. ed.) 8: 71 (cat.). Antepipona injucunda Punacha, Wangdiphodrang (27.500N & 89.750E, 1275m), Giordani Soika, 1973, Boll. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Venezia coll. Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein along the road to 32: 104, female, male, “China; Wa-sha-toui, Kwan-tung” Dawakha;NBCB00263, 22.x.2015, 1 female, Kafu, (ZMB). Monggar (27.320N & 91.360E, 885m), coll. Phurpa Dorji Antepipona bigutata takaoensis Giordani Soika, & Wim Klein from the village; NBCB00264, 26.viii.2016, 1982, Boll. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Venezia 32: 207 (key), 1 female, Serithang, Punakha (27.290N & 91.310E, 224, female, male, “Formosa: Takao”, holotype, female 1,359m), coll. Phurpa Dorji & Wim Klein on the way (MSNV). to Gasa; NBCB00265, 27.x.2015, 1 male, Bajothango, Diagnosis: Female: Body black with following parts Wangdi Phodrang (27.510N & 89.880E, 1218m), coll. yellow: base of mandibles and clypeus, long mark on Phurpa Dorji& Wim Klein; NBCB00266, 10.iv.2016, 1 temples, quadrangular mark on front above antennae, male, Chenery, Trashigang (27.310N & 91.330E, 758m), scape ventrally, pair of triangular mark on pronotum coll. Phurpa Dorji, Thinley Gyeltshen & Tshering Nidup dorsally, tegulae except black center, parategulae, from the river bank; NBCB00267, 08.v.2016, 1 male, mesopleuron, pair of spots at scutellum and metanotum, Fawan, Lhuntse (27.480N & 91.180E, 953m), coll. Phurpa lateral lines on propodeum, mid coxa. Apical half of fore Dorji, Kinzang Chophel &Thinley Gyeltshen from the and mid femur, all tbia on outer side, apical band at I, waterfall. II (broader than on I), III (reduced to only at sides), IV, V Distributon: India, China, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, (a spot in the center) tergites and sternum II; two spots Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam (Kumar et al. laterally on II tergites at base. Male: color similar to 2016). New record for Bhutan. female except: clypeus wholly yellow, mandibles yellow except reddish brown apically, yellow mark at lower References front is inverted triangle touching base of clypeus. For detailed descripton, consult Kumar et al. (2016). Bingham, C.T. (1897). The Fauna of Britsh India, including Ceylon and Burma, Hymenoptera, I - Wasps and Bees. Taylor and Francis, Measurements: 3 males: 6.44–8.03 mm; 6 females: London, 579+i-xxix. 8.17–9.07 mm. Giordani, S.A. (1975). Ergebnisse der Bhutan - Expediton des Naturhistorisches Museums in Basel, Hymenoptera, Fam. Materials examined: NBCB00259, 12.x.2015, 1 Eumenidae. Entomologica basiliensis 1: 387–393, 5 fgs. female, Tsholingkhar, Tsirang (270N & 90.080E, 1,159m), Kumar, P.G. (2013). A taxonomic revision of Phimenes Giordani Soika coll. Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein from the paddy feld; (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) of Indian subcontnent. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 113(Part-3): 119–135. NBCB00260, 14.iv.2016, 1female, Nganglam, Pema Kumar, P.G. & J.M. Carpenter (2013). A taxonomic review of the Gatshel (26.820N & 91.230E, 720m), coll. Phurpa Dorji, genus Antodynerus de Saussure, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Thinley Gyeltshen & Tshering Nidup from Alabari Village; Eumeninae) from the Indian subcontnent. Zootaxa 3731(2): 267– 278; htp://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3731.2.7 NBCB00261, 04.viii.2016, 1 female, Rinchending, Kumar, P.G., J.M. Carpenter & P.M. Sureshan (2016). A taxonomic Chhukha (26.840N & 89.390E, 461m), coll. Tshering review of the genus Antepipona de Saussure, 1855 (Hymenoptera:

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Vespidae: Eumeninae) from India. Zootaxa 4150(5): 501–536; Nguyen, L.T.P. (2015). Taxonomic notes on the species of the htp://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4150.5.1 genus Anterhynchium de Saussure, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Kumar, P.G., K.P.M. Shareef, L. Kishore & J.M. Carpenter (2013). A Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Vietnam, with descripton of a new taxonomic study on the Oriental genus Apodynerus Giordani Soika species. Zootaxa 3915(1): 132–138. htp://doi.org/10.11646/ (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from the Indian subcontnent. zootaxa.3915.1.7 Biosystematca 7(1): 23-31. Nguyen, L.T.P. (2016). Contributon to the taxonomy of the genus Kumar, P.G. & G. Sharma (2013). A taxonomic study on the genus Coeleumenes van der Vecht, 1963 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Rhynchium Spinola (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Eumeninae) from Vietnam, with descripton of a new species. Zootaxa the Indian subcontnent. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 4121(2): 175–180; htp://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4121.2.7 113(Part-2): 105–122. Srinivasan, G. & P.G. Kumar (2010). New records of poter wasps Kumar, P.G. & G. Sharma (2015). A review of the genus Allorhynchium (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Arunachal Pradesh, van der Vecht, 1963 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from the India: fve genera and ten species. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2(12): Indian subcontnent. Prommalia 3: 20–34. 1313–1322; htp://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2468.1313-22 Nidup, T., T. Gyeltshen, P.G. Kumar, W. Klein & P. Dorji (2016). Vecht, J. van der (1963). Studies on Indo-Australian and East Asiatc New records of petolate poter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumenidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Zoologische Verhandelingen Eumeninae) from Bhutan. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(12): 9467– Leiden 60: 1–116. 9472; htp://doi.org/10.11609/jot.2744.8.12.9467-9472

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Artcle Report of the early winter migrants and resident birds in an inland wetland near Tundi Camp, Bajana, Gujarat Buterfy diversity in human-modifed ecosystems of southern Sikkim, the -- Abhishek Chaterjee, Sudeshna Ghoshal, Soumyajit Chowdhury & eastern Himalaya, India Pinakiranjan Chakrabart, Pp. 11652–11658 -- Prem Kumar Chetri, Kishor Sharma, Sailendra Dewan & Bhoj Kumar Acharya, 11551–11565 The frst report of two thread-legged assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from India -- Balasaheb V. Sarode, Swapnil S. Boyane & Hemant V. Ghate, Pp. 11659– Communicatons 11664

Contrastng human perceptons of and attudes towards two threatened Water striders, the genus Cylindrostethus Mayr (Insecta: Heteroptera: small carnivores, Lycalopex fulvipes and Leopardus guigna, in rural Gerridae) from India with a new record communites adjacent to protected areas in Chile -- E. Eyarin Jehamalar, Kailash Chandra & G. Srinivasan, Pp. 11665–11671 -- I. Sacristán, A. Cevidanes, F. Acuña, E. Aguilar, S. García, M.J. López, J. Millán & C. Napolitano, Pp. 11566–11573 The invasive aphid Pterochloroides persicae (Cholodkovsky, 1899) (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea: Lachninae) recorded on important fruit trees in Sightng trend of the Indian Skimmer (Charidiformes: Laridae: Rynchops Kashmir Valley, India albicollis Swainson, 1838) in Natonal Chambal Gharial Sanctuary (1984– -- Govindasamy Mahendiran, Shahid Ali Akbar & Mudasir Ahmad Dar, 2016) refectng on the feasibility of long-term ecological monitoring Pp. 11672–11678 -- L.A.K. Singh & R.K. Sharma, Pp. 11574–11582

Comparatve cross-sectonal survey on gastrointestnal parasites of captve, Notes semi-captve, and wild Elephants of Sri Lanka Anemone trullifolia and Berberis angulosa as new records to the fora of -- Nirupama Abeysekara, R.P.V. Jayanthe Rajapkse & R.S. Rajakaruna, the western Himalaya, India Pp. 11583–11594 -- Ishwari Dat Rai, Gajendra Singh & Gopal Singh Rawat, Pp. 11679–11682

Notes on fairy orchids (Magnoliopsida: Asparagales: Orchidaceae: Short Communicatons Oberonia) of Sri Lanka: revision in regional distributon and documentaton on vegetatve propagaton The extncton of Faure’s Broom Adenocarpus faurei Maire (Leguminosae) in -- Menaka Ariyarathne & Deepthi Yakandawala, Pp. 11683–11685 Algeria -- Mohamed Djamel Miara, Mohammed Ait Hammou & Jah Skipper, Additonal reports of solitary poter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Pp. 11595–11598 Eumeninae) in Bhutan -- Tshering Nidup, Wim Klein, P. Girish Kumar & Phurpa Dorji, Pp. 11686– Conservaton assessment of two rare gingers (Zingiberaceae) from Dampa 11696 Tiger Reserve, Mizoram, India -- Pankaj Kumar & Priya Singh, Pp. 11599–11605 On the occurrence of the rare Long-nosed Stargazer Ichthyscopus lebeck (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Uranoscopidae) in the coastal waters of New records of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Assam, northeastern Visakhapatnam, India India with a distributon list of bat fauna of the state -- Govinda Rao Velamala & Muddula Krishna Naranji, Pp. 11697–11700 -- Ananda Ram Boro, Prasanta Kumar Saikia & Utam Saikia, Pp. 11606–11612

On the birds of Marivan County, western Iran: an update Correcton -- Fatah Zarei, Seyed Naseh Hosseini, Jalal Pezeshk, Loghman Maleki & Hamid Reza Esmaeili, Pp. 11613–11617 Corrigendum - Buterfy host plant Monograph, P. 11701

Nestng patern of birds in Jahangirnagar University Campus, Bangladesh -- Israt Jahan, Sajeda Begum, Mohammad Mostafa Feeroz, Delip Kumar Das & Miscellaneous Ashis Kumar Data, Pp. 11618–11635 Member Natonal Biodiversity Authority An annotated checklist of the birds of the upper Siang region, Arunachal Pradesh, India -- Anirban Data-Roy, Vivek Ramachandran & Karthik Teegalapalli, Pp. 11636– 11651

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