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Issue: Vol. 4154 No. 5: 24 Aug. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-08-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.5.8
Page range: 589–594
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 1

A new record of the genus Discoelius Latreille, 1809 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Northern Vietnam with description of two new species

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Hymenoptera new species Vietnam

Abstract

The genus Discoelius Latreille, 1809, is newly recorded from Vietnam. Discoelius aurantiacus Nguyen, sp. nov. and D. nigerrimus Nguyen, sp. nov. are described and figured from Northern Vietnam (Lao Cai).

 

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