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Issue: Vol. 4272 No. 4: 31 May 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-05-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.4.10
Page range: 596–600
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First record of the genus Zethus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Eumeninae) from China with description of a new species 

Insect Ecology Department, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University (SCAU), Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, P. R. China.
Hymenoptera Vespidae Eumeninae

Abstract

The genus Zethus Fabricius, 1804, is newly recorded from China. The male of Zethus malayanus Gusenleitner, 2010 is described and figured for the first time. Zethus nanlingensis Nguyen & Xu, sp. nov. (South China, Guangdong) is described and figured.

 

References

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    Gusenleitner, J. (2010) Bemerkenswerte Faltenwespen-Funde aus der orientalischen Region Teil 5 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Eumeninae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 42, 695–709.

    Nguyen, L.T.P. & Carpenter, J.M. (2017) Taxonomic review of the genus Zethus Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Vietnam with descriptions of four new species. Entomological Science, 20, 24–32.

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