KUMAR : Redescription and new distributional records <strong>of</strong> Oreumenoides edwardsii ....... from <strong>India</strong> 13 Figs. 1-14. Oreumenoides edwardsii (de Saussure). Female. Fig. 1. Head front view; Fig. 2. Left mandible front view; Fig. 3. Head dorsal view; Fig. 4. Head lateral view; Fig. 5. Antenna; Fig. 6. Tegula and parategula dorsal view; Fig. 7. Forewing; Fig. 8. Hindwing; Fig. 9. Fore leg lateral view; Fig. 10. Mid leg lateral view; Fig. 11. Hind leg lateral view; Fig. 12. Apex <strong>of</strong> petiole on ventral side; Fig. 13. Metasoma lateral view; Fig. 14. Second gastral tergum dorsal view.
14 Rec. zool. Surv. <strong>India</strong> Figs. 15-21. Oreumenoides edwardsii (de Saussure). Male. Fig. 15. Head front view; Fig. 16. Head dorsal view; Fig. 17. Antenna; Fig. 18. Aedeagus front view; Fig. 19. Aedeagus lateral view; Fig. 20. <strong>Vol</strong>sella; Fig. 21. Paramere with volsella. exceeding tegula posteriorly; axillary fossa not slit-like, much broader; metanotum at the same level <strong>of</strong> scutellum and propodeum, not raised; propodeal valvula rounded. Legs as in figures 9, 10 & 11; midtibia with one spur. Forewing and hindwing as in figures 7 & 8; forewing with prestigma 0.54x less than pterostigma; second submarginal cell acute basally. Metasoma : Petiole length 1.27x than mesosoma in lateral view, 1.47x second gastral tergite (Fig. 13); apex <strong>of</strong> petiole on ventral side as in figure 12; petiole and gaster almost smooth, with minute punctures; second gastral tergum (Fig. 14) without lamella separated by preapical thickening, slightly curved inward medially at apex, almost straight, 1.3x as long as broad; posterior apices <strong>of</strong> third, fourth and fifth tergites and second, third, fourth and fifth sternites distinctly curved inward at middle. Male : Body length 13.5-18 mm; forewing length 10.5 mm. Colour similar to that <strong>of</strong> female except in most <strong>of</strong> the males labrum yellow and mandible yellowish brown; head width in dorsal view (Fig. 16) 4.7x distance between front ocellus and posterior occipital margin; median length <strong>of</strong> clypeus (Fig. 15) 1.67x its minimum width; POL 3.6x OOL; Antenna as in figure 17; last antennal segment minute, not coiled apically; aedeagus as in figures 18 & 19; volsellae as in figure 20; paramere with volsellae as in figure 21, parameral spine with moderately large hairs. Other characters almost as in female. Material examined : <strong>India</strong> : Delhi : Delhi University Ridge, 1 F, 1.xii.1975, coll. V.K. Gupta, Regd. No. 12377/ H3; Delhi University Campus, 1 F, 4.ix.1978, coll. A. Kaur, Regd. No. 12378/H3. Jharkhand : Ranchi dist., Namkum, 2 M, 15&23.v.1956, coll. C. Tirky, Regd. Nos. 12379/H3 & 12380/H3. Karnataka : Dharwad dist., Dharwad, 1 F, 17.i.1982, coll. S.K. Ghosh & party, Regd. No. 12381/H3. Madhya Pradesh : Shivpuri dist., Surwaya, 1 M, 16.v.1975, coll. S.K. Gupta & <strong>Part</strong>y, Regd.