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Issue: Vol. 4563 No. 3: 4 Mar. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-03-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4563.3.11
Page range: 595–599
Abstract views: 91
PDF downloaded: 3

Taxonomic studies on the genus Orancistrocerus van der Vecht, 1963 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Vietnam, 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 Indochina Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences (IIBES), Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA), 53 Nguyen du, Hanoi, Vietnam
Kirsehir Ahi Evran University, Vocational School of Technicial Sciences Department of Plant and Animal Production, 40100, Kirsehir, Turkey
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 Indochina Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences (IIBES), Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA), 53 Nguyen du, Hanoi, Vietnam
Hymenoptera Orancistrocerus solitary wasps new species new record Vietnam China

Abstract

Two species of the genus Orancistrocerus van der Vecht, 1963 from Vietnam are recorded. Of them, a new species, O. altus sp. nov. from Lang Son province in the northern part of Vietnam is described and illustrated. In addition, one subspecies, O. aterrimus nigriceps van der Vecht, 1963 is newly recorded from China.

 

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