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Issue: Vol. 4088 No. 4: 11 Mar. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-03-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.4.9
Page range: 583–593
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 1

Review of the Polistes (Polistella) "Stenopolistes" species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) from Vietnam, with description of a new species and key to species

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Rd., Nghia Do, Cau giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024 U.S.A.
Hymenoptera "Stenopolistes" species-group new species new record nest key Vietnam

Abstract

The "Stenopolistes" species-group of the subgenus Polistella Ashmead, 1904 comprising in Vietnam by six species. Polistes adsimilis Nguyen & Carpenter sp. nov. is described and figured. Polistes khasianus Cameron, 1900 is confirmed to occur in Vietnam, P. pallidus Gusenleitner, 2011 is newly recorded from Vietnam. A key to Vietnamese species is provided. The nest of P. khasianus is described.

 

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