A Taxonomic Study on the Genus Anterhynchium De Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Indian Subcontinent

Saussure , 1863, proposed the name Anterhynchium for division I of genus Rhynchium Spinola in Saussure, 1852. Vecht, 1963, designated Rygchium synagroides Saussure, 1852, as the type species. The genus Anterhynchium de Saussure is distributed at Australian, Ethiopian, Oriental and Palearctic Regions of the world. Forty four species are recorded under this genus from the world (GBIF Data Portal webpage) of which five species namely Anterhynchium (A.) abdominale (Illiger), A. (A.) mellyi (de Saussure), A. (Dirhynchium) coracinum Vecht, A. (D.) flavolineatum (Smith) and A. (D.) flavomarginatum (Smith) are recorded from Indian subcontinent.