Eumenes pius nigrorufus Giordani Soika 1992

(Figs 7, 10, 16)

Eumenes pius nigrorufus Giordani Soika 1992: 65, Ƥ, holotype "Sumba: Lokojengo" [Nationaal Naturhistorisch Museum - Naturalis, Leiden].

Material examined. SUMBA I.:1 Ƥ (MZB), Laiwanggi, 320 m asl, 10°01.197'S 120°03.385'E, A. Perrard, 15-19 Jun.2010.

Redescription. FEMALE. Body length 13 mm; fore wing length 11 mm. Head in frontal view nearly circular, 1.1 × wider than height. Clypeus in lateral view strongly convex (Fig. 16); in frontal view proportionally slightly narrower than in E. p. pius, 1.25 × as high as wide; ventral margin emarginate medially (Fig. 10). Labrum rounded apically. Antennal scape 4.2 × as long as its maximum width. Mesosoma slightly longer than that of E. p. pius, 1.2 × as long as high in lateral view, 1.1 × as long as wide in dorsal view. Pronotal carina strongly produced anteriorly at humeral angle, weak dorsally and interrupted medially. Mesoscutum convex; scutellum hardly convex; metanotum nearly flat. Metasomal segment 1 1.1 × longer than length of mesosoma (Fig. 16); tergum in dorsal view gradually swollen apically, with apical width 2.1 × the basal width (Fig. 7).

Punctures and hairs as in E. p. pius, but punctures on metasomal segments 1 and 2 superficial and sparse.

Body black, with following markings: interantennal spot, orange; oval dorsal spot on gena, anterior wide band on pronotum, metanotum excluding black posterior margin, reddish-brown; tegula entirely, tip of parategula, propodeal valvula, narrow band beneath axillary fossa, ferruginous; apex of mandible, labrum, antenna, dark brown; medially-incised wide apical band on metasomal tergum 1, faint apical bands on metasomal segments 3–5, ferruginous; short narrow apical band on tergum 2, orange. Legs as in E. p. pius . Wings fusco-hyaline, with purplish iridescence; fore wing darker along outer margin.

Distribution. Indonesia: Sumba.