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Issue: Vol. 5082 No. 2: 16 Dec. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-12-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5082.2.5
Page range: 159-168
Abstract views: 312
PDF downloaded: 29

Contribution to the genus Pararrhynchium de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), with description of two new species from 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 University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Hanoi, 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.
Bee Research Centre, National Institute of Animal Sciences, 9 Tan Phong, Thuy Phuong, Bac Tư Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1, Tzar Osvoboditel Boulevard. Sofia, 1000. Bul- garia.
Hymenoptera solitary wasps Pararrhynchium new species key Vietnam

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Pararrhynchium de Saussure are described as new to science: P. simsanum Nguyen and Tran, sp. nov. from Bat Xat, Lao Cai province, and P. sparsum Nguyen and Ljubomirov, sp. nov. from Ham Yen, Tuyen Quang province. An updated key to all known species of the genus is also presented.

 

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