Antepipona ceylonica

Antepipona ceylonica (de Saussure, 1867) * (Figs 5; 6) Odynerus ceylonicus de Saussure, 1867: 12. Antepipona ceylonica – Giordani Soika 1982 (1981): 207 (key), 215, figs 7-10: 207 (key), 215, figs 7-10. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vietnam • 1 ♀; Lang Son, Huu Lung, Cai Kinh; 22°39’42.9”N, 106°15’365”E; alt. 28 m; 24.X.2015; Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen, Dac Dai Nguyen, Lam Xuan Truong, Ngat Thi Tran leg.; IEBR • 1♀; Thanh Hoa, Quan Hoa, Pu Hu NR; 20°33’56.0”N, 104°58’39.7”E; alt. 255 m; 14. VI.2016; Lam Xuan Truong, Dac Dai Nguyen, Ngat Thi Tran, Linh Ngoc Ha leg.; IEBR • 1 ♀; Gia Lai, Chu Se, Ia Glai; 1. V.2011; Tru Vu Hoang leg.; IEBR. India • 1 ♂; Tamil Nadu, Madras; 16-19.XII.1978; Jap-Ind Co Tr; coll. SKYC • 1 ♀; Tamil Nadu; Top slip, Anamalai; alt. 550-800 m; 2-5.XII.1978; Japan-India Collection Trip; coll. SKYC • 1 ♀; Tamil Nadu, Mudumalai; alt. 1000 m; 27-28.XI.1978; Japan-India Collection Trip; coll. SKYC • 1♀; Tamil Nadu, Thambaram nr. Madras; 18.XII.1978; Japan-India Collection Trip; coll. SKYC. DISTRIBUTION. — India: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal; Sri Lanka; Myanmar; Vietnam (new record). REMARK This species is recorded for the first time from Vietnam. The male genitalia of the species are described for the first time. MALE GENITALIA. — As in Figure 6. Parameral spine lacking setae. Volsella flattened, spatulate, wide on inner aspect, and without setae at top (Fig. 6A). Digitus enlarged apically (Fig. 6B). Penis valves long (Fig. 6C), about 1.7× as long as basal apodeme, in profile apical part produced into a lobe with sharp teeth at upper and lower margins (Fig. 6D); proximal margin smooth (Fig. 6D).