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Issue: Vol. 5060 No. 3: 1 Nov. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-11-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.3.4
Page range: 371-391
Abstract views: 354
PDF downloaded: 35

Two newly recorded genera Malayepipona Giordani Soika and Megaodynerus Gusenleitner, with eight new species from China (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae)

Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vector Insects; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology; Institute of Entomology & Molecular Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China.
Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vector Insects; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology; Institute of Entomology & Molecular Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China.
Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vector Insects; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology; Institute of Entomology & Molecular Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China.
Hymenoptera Eumeninae Malayepipona Megaodynerus new record new species China

Abstract

In this paper, the genera Malayepipona Giordani Soika and Megaodynerus Gusenleitner are newly recorded from China. Seven new species of Malayepipona and one new species of Megaodynerus are described and illustrated: namely Malayepipona brunnea Bai, Chen & Li, sp. nov., M. flaviclypeata Bai, Chen & Li, sp. nov., M. lamellata Bai, Chen & Li, sp. nov., M. maculosa Bai, Chen & Li, sp. nov., M. nigricans Bai, Chen & Li, sp. nov., M. sparsipuncta Bai, Chen & Li, sp. nov., M. triangula Bai, Chen & Li, sp. nov. and Megaodynerus bimaculus Bai, Chen & Li, sp. nov.. The species Malayepipona clypeata Nguyen & Carpenter, 2013 is also newly recorded from China. A key to known species of Malayepipona is updated.

 

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