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Issue: Vol. 4801 No. 3: 19 Jun. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-06-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.3.11
Page range: 584–590
Abstract views: 135
PDF downloaded: 6

Taxonomic notes on the genus Vespa Linnaeus, 1758 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae) from Vietnam, with a new record of a species and an updated key to species

Hanoi Pedagogical University 2, Nguyen Van Linh Str., Xuan Hoa, Phuc Yen, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam
Insect Ecology Department, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam Graduate school of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
University of Rzeszów, Faculty of Biology and Agriculture, 1 Ćwiklińskiej St, 35-601 Rzeszów, Poland
Hymenoptera Social wasps hornet taxonomy

Abstract

A taxonomic study on the genus Vespa from Vietnam is presented. One species, Vespa fumida van der Vecht, 1959 is recorded as new for the Vietnamese fauna. The complete queen nest of Vespa mocsaryana du Buysson, 1905 is described, together with the queen. An updated key to all of the Vespa species known from Vietnam based on external morphological characters is also provided.

 

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