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Issue: Vol. 4402 No. 2: 28 Mar. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-03-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.2.5
Page range: 323–338
Abstract views: 78
PDF downloaded: 3

Species of the Polistes (Polistella) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) from Vietnam, with description of a new species and a pictorial key

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Rd., Nghia Do, Cau giay, Hanoi, Vietnam. Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Rd., Nghia Do, Cau giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Ahi Evran University, Kirsehir Vocational School of Technicial Sciences,Department of Plant and Animal Production, 40100, Kirsehir, TURKEY.
Hymenoptera Polistella new species nest pictorial key Vietnam

Abstract

Twenty seven species of the subgenus Polistella Ashmead, 1904 are recorded from Vietnam. Polistes chuyangsin Nguyen & Nguyen sp. nov. and its nest are described and figured. A pictorial key to Vietnamese species of the subgenus is provided.

 

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