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This study presents a checklist of the vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of India. A total of 288 species belonging to 60 genera and 5 subfamilies of Vespidae are known to occur within the political boundaries of India. A complete list of species, comprising valid scientific names, synonyms, geographical distribution within and outside India, along with references, is provided. One new synonymy is proposed.

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- Insect Taxonomy, Potter wasps, Hornets, Pollen wasps

An account of the Antonio Giordani Soika Eumeninae collection housed at the Natural History Museum of Venice Giancarlo Ligabue is presented, following its recent reorganization. A list of identified species, with the count of specimens, is provided, as well as details on type specimens. With over 21,000 identified specimens and 2,756 type specimens from
all zoogeographical regions, the collection covers over 60% of the world’s Eumeninae species. Several incongruities emerged during the verification of type specimens. A brief history of the collection is presented, with comments on Giordani Soika’s activity.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Insect Taxonomy, Potter wasps

The potter wasp genus Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 1925, is reviewed from the Indian subcontinent. Three new species, namely, Parancistrocerus jaferpaloti Girish Kumar and Carpenter sp. n., P. loharbandensis Girish Kumar and Carpenter sp. n. and P. turensis Girish Kumar and Carpenter sp. n. are described. The species P. holzschuhi Gusenleitner, 1987, is recorded here for the first time from India. The male of P. vicinus Giordani Soika, 1994, is described. Parancistrocerus intermediatus (Sonan, 1939), P. nitobei (Sonan, 1939), P. kuraruensis (Sonan, 1939) and P. taikonus (Sonan, 1939) are new combinations. A key to species and subspecies from the Indian subcontinent and an updated checklist of Oriental species are also provided.

- by James M Carpenter and +1
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- Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

An illustrated key to the currently recognized genera of the subfamily Eumeninae (Vespidae) from China is presented together with a list of 267 species and subspecies, belonging to 51 genera. Nortozumia van der Vecht, 1937 is reported for the first time from China. Two replacement names are proposed for junior primary homonyms: Ancistrocerus rufofrustius Tan & Carpenter, nom. n. replacing Ancistrocerus rufopictus (Kostylev) and Orientalicesa confasciatus Tan & Carpenter, nom. n. replacing Orientalicesa unifasciatus (von Schulthess, 1934).

- by James M Carpenter
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- Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

The genus Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 1962 from the Indian subcontinent is reviewed. Two new species namely S. andamanicus Kumar, Carpenter & Srinivasan sp. nov. and S. rangpocus Kumar, Carpenter & Kishore sp. nov. are described. The species S. guttulatus (de Saussure) is newly recoported from Assam. A key to species of the genus from Indian subcontinent and an updated Oriental checklist are provided.

- by James M Carpenter and +1
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- Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

A taxonomic review of the Indian species of the genus Eumenes Latreille with a key to species is provided. The species Eumenes pomiformis (Fabricius, 1781) is recorded here for the first time from India, while E. affinissimus de Saussure, 1852, E. pomiformis (Fabricius, 1781) and E. persimilis Giordani Soika, 1960 are recorded from Pakistan. The reported distributions of seven species within India are augmented.

- by James M Carpenter and +2
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- Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

The subfamily Eumeninae comprises more than 3900 described species and eumenine mitochondrial analyses are almost absent. In order to provide further evidence toward understanding the relationships within the subfamily, the characteristics of 54 eumenine mitogenomes were comparatively analyzed, among which 52 mitogenomes are newly annotated. Meanwhile, using both Maximum-likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI), comprehensive phylogenetic relationship in the subfamily were investigated based on two mitochondrial datasets.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Molecular Biology, Molecular Systematics, Insect Systematics, Potter wasps

The genus Eumenes Latreille, 1802, from the New World, is revised based on external morphology and male genitalia.
New synonymy is proposed as follows: E. aureus Isely, 1917 = E. americanus de Saussure, 1852; E. bollii oregonensis
Bequaert, 1838, and E. b. ehrenbergi Zavattari, 1912 = E. bollii Cresson, 1872; E. consobrinus pedalis Fox, 1894 = E.
consobrinus de Saussure, 1855; E. crucifera bolliformis Viereck, 1908, E. c. nearcticus de Saussure, 1855 and E. c. stricklandi Bequaert, 1944 = E. crucifera Provancher, 1888; E. smithii belfragei Cresson, 1872 = E. smithii de Saussure, 1852;
E. verticalis coloradensis Cresson, 1875, E. v. neoboreus Bequaert, 1944, E. v. tricinctus Isely, 1917 = E. verticalis Say,
1824. Eumenes flavitinctus Bohart, 1950, revised status, is no longer a subspecies of E. crucifera but elevated to specific
level. Eumenes brunneus is elevated to the specific level and a new name is proposed because of homonymy, E. bequaerti
Grandinete & Carpenter nom. nov. An identification key for all the species of the genus from the New World is provided
and the geographical distributions are updated.

- by James M Carpenter and +1
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- Insect Taxonomy, Neotropics, Faunistics, Potter wasps

A mais primitiva das subfamílias existentes, Euparagiinae, encontra-se presentemente restrita às áreas xéricas do sudoeste dos Estados Unidos e México; a subfamília se difundiu no Período Cretáceo (Carpenter & Rasnitsyn, 1990; Brothers, 1992), ocorrendo na Ásia central e África meridional. 14. CITAÇÃO BIBLIOGRÁFICA (ISO 690-2) CARPENTER, J.M., MARQUES, O.M. Contribuição ao estudo dos vespídeos do Brasil (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Vespoidea, Vespidae) [CD-ROM].

- by James M Carpenter
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- Insect Taxonomy, Neotropics, Potter wasps, Social Wasps

A total of 38 species belonging to 26 genera of Eumeninae are recorded from Hong Kong, among which two new species, namely Allorhynchium radiatum sp. nov. and Orientalicesa nigra sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Symmorphus tsushimanus Yamane, 1990 is newly recorded from China and its female is firstly described. Eighteen species are newly recorded for Hong Kong. Antepipona ferruginea Kim & Yamane, 2003 is synonymized with Antepipona rufescens (Smith, 1857) (syn. nov.) and Eumenes quadra-tus obsoletus Dover, 1926 is synonymised with Eumenes quadratus quadratus Smith, 1852 (syn. nov.). A checklist, a key and illustrations to Hong Kong Eumeninae are also provided.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

The Oriental species of Allorhynchium van der Vecht, 1963 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) are keyed for the first time and their distribution is summarised, with special reference to China and Vietnam. Archancistrocerus Giordani Soika, 1986, is synonymized with Allorhynchium van der Vecht (syn. nov.). Allorhynchium diffinis (Giordani Soika, 1986) is a new combination and A. quadrimaculatum Gusenleitner, 1997, is recorded from Vietnam for the first time.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Potter wasps

An updated checklist of the Arabian species of Vespidae is provided here. The list includes 163 identified species in 49 genera and four subfamilies: Eumeninae (41 genera, 130 species), Masarinae (4 genera, 14 species), Polistinae (3 genera, 17 species) and Vespinae (1 genus, 2 species). Distributions, both on the Peninsula and extra-limital, are provided for each species and subspecies; 53 species (33%) are endemic to the Arabian Peninsula, as are 15 subspecies. A new combination is proposed: Knemodynerus sauditus (Giordani Soika, 1989) comb. nov., transferred from Trachyodynerus Giordani Soika, 1989.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Potter wasps, Palearctic

Two new species of eumenine wasps were described from Panama and Peru, namely Pirhosigma abregoi Garcete-Barrett & Hermes sp. nov. and P. cambrai Garcete-Barrett & Ferreira sp. nov. Lectotypes are designated for Eumenes deformata barberoi Bertoni and Eumenes superficialis mondaiensis Bertoni. Pirhosigma mearimense putumayense Giordani Soika stat. nov. is treated as a color variation of the typical P. mearimense (Zavattari). Additions to the key by Ferreira et al. (2017) are made and an updated catalog for species included in the genus is provided.

- by James M Carpenter and +1
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- Insect Taxonomy, Neotropics, Faunistics, Potter wasps

The genus Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika, 1970 is reviewed for the Indian subcontinent. A new species Paraleptomenes darugiriensis Kumar, Carpenter & Sharma, sp. nov. is described. The male of P. rufoniger Giordani Soika, 1994 is described for the first time. The distribution records of P. humbertianus (de Saussure, 1867), P. miniatus mephitis (Cameron, 1901), P. miniatus miniatus (de Saussure, 1855), and P. rufoniger Giordani Soika, 1994 in the Indian states are augmented. A key to species of the Indian subcontinent and a world checklist of species are provided.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Taxonomy, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

The five species of Pachodynerus in North America are keyed and notes on their biology and distribution presented. The five species are: acuticarinatus (Cameron), cali/ornicus (Saussure), erynnis (Lepeletier), nasidens (Latreille) and... more

- by James M Carpenter
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- Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Potter wasps, Nearctic

Eight new species, namely Parancistrocerus latitergus sp. nov. (China), P. lamnulus sp. nov. (China), P. laticlypeus sp. nov. (Thailand), P. prominens sp. nov. (Thailand), P. guangxiensis sp. nov. (China), P. discarinatus sp. nov. (Thailand), P. abyssicavus sp. nov. (Thailand), and P. similiandrocles sp. nov. (China) are described and illustrated. Parancistrocerus samarensis (von Schulthess, 1934) and P. incorruptus incorruptus Giordani Soika, 1972, are newly recorded from China and Thailand, respectively. An updated key to the Oriental species of the genus Parancistrocerus is also given.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

A review of 20 Indian species of the genus Antepipona de Saussure with a key to species and subspecies is provided. A new synonymy is proposed for Antepipona biguttata (Fabricius, 1787) =A. excelsa keralensis Lambert, 2004, syn. nov. The parasitic association of Strepsiptera is reported for the first time in the genus Antepipona. Antepipona rufescens (Smith, 1857) is newly recorded from India and A. ovalis (de Saussure, 1853) from Bangladesh. The reported distributions of ten species within India are enlarged.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

Cladistic analyses were carried out to infer the phylogenetic relationships among taxa that were originally part of the large genus Eumenes. Terminals belonging to other eumenine lineages were also included, as well as terminals from other vespid subfamilies. Analyses under equal weights and implied weights were carried out, and better results were obtained with the latter. The results corroborated the monophyly of Eumeninae, and recovered Zethini sensu lato as the sister-lineage to the remaining
eumenines. Eumenes sensu lato as originally recognized is paraphyletic relative to Odynerus sensu lato. A natural classification at the tribal level congruent with the phylogenetic results may be proposed, and the names Zethini, Odynerini, and Eumenini are already available. This is the most comprehensive phylogeny of the Eumeninae to date. A new generic synonymy is Alfieria Giordani Soika, 1934 = Delta de Saussure, 1855.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Taxonomy, Cladistics, Neotropics, Potter wasps

This study provides the first annotated check list of the Vespidae of Pakistan. It is based on the National Insect Museum collection and various studies in Pakistan. Among 105 identified taxa, 77 species and 28 subspecies are recorded in the four subfamilies Eumeninae, Masarinae, Polistinae and Vespinae. Three new records for the fauna of Pakistan are added, namely Anterhynchium mellyi, Antepipona ovalis and Eumenes coronatus coronatus. Among the total, 12 species/subspe-cies are endemic to Pakistan, namely Ancistrocerus pakistanus, Antepipona luteipes, Antodynerus flavescens karachien-sis, Celonites nursei, Cyrtolabulus karachiensis, Eustenancistrocerus (Parastenancistrocerus) baluchistanensis, Katamenes dimidiatus watsoni, Knemodynerus lahorensis, Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) hina, Leptochilus (Neoleptochi-lus) mirificus, Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) umerolatus and Tachyancistrocerus pakistanus. Antepipona varentzowi (Morawitz, 1896) and Polistes rothneyi quatei van der Vecht, 1968 were incorrectly reported from Pakistan.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Eumeninae, Potter wasps

A key to the currently recognized genera of neotropical Eumeninae is presented. Distribution and number of neotropical species is given for each genus. A new synonym is Eumenemorphus Gusenleitner, 1995, = Symmorphus Wesmael, 1836.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Potter wasps

Three new species from the Neotropical region are described: Ancistroceroides soikai Grandinete & Carpenter, sp. nov. (Costa Rica, Paraguay); Cephalastor huautla Grandinete & Carpenter, sp. nov. (Mexico), and Symmorphus centralis... more

Three new species from the Neotropical region are described: Ancistroceroides soikai Grandinete & Carpenter, sp. nov.
(Costa Rica, Paraguay); Cephalastor huautla Grandinete & Carpenter, sp. nov. (Mexico), and Symmorphus centralis Carpenter
& Grandinete, sp. nov. (Costa Rica).

- by James M Carpenter and +1
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- Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Neotropical Region, Potter wasps

A key to the genera of Vespidae occurring in Hawai‘i is presented. New generic
synonymies include Chelodynerus Perkins, 1902, and Pseudopterocheilus Perkins,
1901, = Nesodynerus Perkins, 1901. All Hawaiian species presently placed in the genus
Odynerus Latreille are transferred either to Euodynerus Dalla Torre (four species) or to
Nesodynerus (94 species).

- by James M Carpenter
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- Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Introduced species, Eumeninae

Additions to the knowledge of potter wasp genus Knemodynerus
BLÜTHGEN from India are provided. A new species, namely, Knemodynerus gusenleitneri GIRISH KUMAR & CARPENTER nov.sp. is described from Kerala. Knemodynerus complanatus complanatus GIORDANI SOIKA, 1994 is newly recorded from India and the knowledge of the distribution of K. coriaceus GIORDANI SOIKA, 1970 within India enlarged. Three new combinations are proposed: Knemodynerus
lamaosensis (VON SCHULTHESS, 1934), K. paganensis (YASUMATSU, 1945), and K. saipanensis (YASUMATSU, 1945). A key to Indian species and an updated checklist of Oriental species are provided.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

Six genera and nine species of Eumeninae (Eumenes punctatus de Saussure, E. papillarius (Christ), Delta dimidiatipenne (de Saussure), D. p. pyriforme (Fabricius), D. esuriens (Fabricius), Rhynchium brunneum (Fabricius), Anterhynchium abdominale
(Illiger), Antepipona sibilans (Cameron), Allorhynchium argentatum (Fabricius)) , two genera and six species of Polistinae (Polistes wattii (Cameron), P. olivaceus (De Geer), P. rothneyi carletoni van der Vecht, P. indicus Stolfa), Ropalidia brevita Das & Gupta, R. cyathiformis (Fabricius), and one genus and four species of Vespinae (Vespa basalis
Smith, V, orientalis Linnaeus, V, tropica (Linnaeus), V. velutina Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau) are recorded from Pothwar region. Eumenes punctatus and E. papillarius are newly recorded from Pakistan. An illustrated keys to subfamilies, genera and species are given.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Faunistics, Potter wasps, Hornets, Paper wasps

A total of 45 species belonging to 26 genera of the solitary wasp subfamily Eumeninae are listed, including 13 species and six genera that are newly recorded for Vietnam. The references for distribution in Vietnam are provided. Ectopioglossa keiseri nigra Giordani Soika is synonymized under Ectopioglossa keiseri van der Vecht; the male of this species is also described for the first time.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Faunistics, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

Zethus wileyi Stange sp. nov. (Panama) is described and a cladistic analysis is carried in order to determine the relationship between the new species and the other species in the hilarianus species-group. The new species is assigned to... more

- by Fernando Noll
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- Evolutionary Biology, Zoology, Taxonomy, Biology

The first checklist of the Peruvian Hymenoptera listed 1169 species and subspecies of aculeate wasps, including 173 species of Pompilidae, seven of Scoliidae, 39 of Sphecidae and 403 of Vespidae. Herein are reported 32 species as new for Peru based mainly on the collection of the Natural History Museum, London. The loss of the endemic status of two species is also reported: Entypus peruvianus (Rohwer) (Pompilidae: Pepsinae) and Omicron ruficolle schunkei Giordani Soika (Vespidae: Eumeninae).

- by Fernando Noll
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- Evolutionary Biology, Systematics (Taxonomy), Zoology, Taxonomy

Corresponding author: Ehsan Rakhshani, E-mail: rakhshani@uoz.ac.ir Copyright © 2020, Rahmani et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Updated Checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) in Iran

- by James M Carpenter
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- Geography, Insect Taxonomy, Potter wasps, Yellowjackets

The potter wasp genus Pseudepipona de Saussure, 1856 is recorded here for the first time from India with the species Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) vicina Gusenleitner, 1973. It is also the first report of this species since its original... more

- by James M Carpenter
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- Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

Three new species, namely Stenodyneriellus angustus sp. n. from Thailand, S. profundus sp. n. from Philippines, and S. longitergus sp. n. from Indonesia, are described and illustrated in detail. Stenodyneriellus maculatus Gusenleitner,... more

- by James M Carpenter
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- Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

The genus Labus of the Indian subcontinent is reviewed. The distribution of Labus angularis Vecht, L. humbertianus de Saussure and L. pusillus Vecht in the Indian states is augmented. The species L. amoenus is newly recorded from Malaysia and Singapore, and L. angularis is newly recorded from Myanmar. A key to species of the Indian subcontinent and a checklist of the world species are provided.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Taxonomy, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

The eumenine genus Parazumia is revised. Three new species are described: aliciae Carpenter from Mexico, ticae Carpenter and Garcete-Barrett from Costa Rica, and yucateca Carpenter from Mexico. The subspecies P. symmorpha sonorensis (Bequaert) is newly synonymized with P. tolteca (de Saussure), which is restored to species status. New combinations are Parazumia sulcata (Ducke) and surinama (von Schulthess). The lectotype of P. paranensis (Bertoni) is designated.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Taxonomy, Costa Rica, Biodiversity, Mexico

The solitary wasp genus Phimenes Giordani Soika, 1992 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) was reported to occur in Vietnam by van der Vecht (1959), represented by one taxon, Phimenes flavopictus continentalis (Zimmermann), which was synonymized under nominotypical Phimenes flavopictus (Blanchard, 1849) by Kumar (2013). A note on gender of this genus is made in the text. One more species, Phimenes indosinensis (van der Vecht, 1959) is recorded in this study from Dak Lak in the southern and Son La in the northwestern parts of Vietnam for the first time. Detailed descriptions of the female and male of the latter are provided with figures. A key to the two species from Vietnam is also provided.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Taxonomy, Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Potter wasps

The genus Tropidodynerus Blüthgen, 1939 is reviewed from the Indian subcontinent. There are two species present under the genus namely Tropidodynerus fraternus (Bingham, 1897) and Tropidodynerus hostis (Nurse, 1903). The distribution of both species in the Indian states is highlighted. A key to species of the Indian subcontinent and a checklist of the world
species is provided.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Taxonomy, Potter wasps, Oriental Region
- by James M Carpenter
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- Taxonomy, Potter wasps

The distribution of Zethus Fabicius, 1804, in the Oriental and Palaearctic regions is discussed, with special reference to the northeastern Oriental species. A newly discovered species, Z. velamellatus Tan, sp. n. from China (Zhejiang), is described and illustrated. The first key to species of Zethus Fabricius from China is presented. Zethus nigerrimus Gusenleitner, 2001 is recorded for the first time from China and redescribed.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

The potter wasp genus Pararrhynchium de Saussure, 1855, is reviewed from India. A new species, namely, Pararrhynchium venkataramani Girish Kumar and Carpenter sp. n. is described from northeast India. A key to species from the Indian... more

- by James M Carpenter and +1
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- Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

Carpenter, J.M . and B.R. Garcete-Barrett. 2005. Revision of the genus Parazumia de Saussure (Hym enoptera: Vespidae: Eum eninae). Folia Entom ol. M ex., 44 (supl. 1): 21-34. A BSTRACT. The eum enine genus Parazumia is revised. Three new species are described: aliciae Carpenter from M exico, ticae Carpenter and Garcete-Barrett from Costa Rica, and yucateca Carpenter from M exico. The subspecies P. symmorpha sonorensis (Bequaert) is newly synonym ized with P. tolteca (de Saussure), which is restored to species status. New com binations are Parazumia sulcata (Ducke) and surinam a (von Schulthess). The lectotype of P. paranensis (Bertoni) is designated. KEY W ORDS: Taxonom y, Revision, Hym enoptera, Vespidae, Eum eninae, Parazumia, M exico, Costa Rica. Carpenter, J.M . y B.R. Garcete-Barrett. 2005. Revisión del género Parazumia de Saussure (Hym enoptera: Vespidae: Eum eninae). Folia Entom ol. M ex., 44 (supl. 1): 21-34. R ESUMEN. Se revisan los eumeninos del género Parazumia. Se describen tres especies nuevas: aliciae Carpenter de M éxico, ticae Carpenter y Garcete-Barrett de Costa Rica, y yucateca Carpenter de M éxico. La subespecie P. symmorpha sonorensis (Bequaert) es sinonim izada aquí con P. tolteca (de Saussure), siendo esta últim a reeestablecida en el estatus de especie. Parazumia sulcata (D ucke) y surinam a (von Schulthess) son com binaciones nuevas. Se designa el Lectotipo de P. paranensis (Bertoni).

- by Bolívar Rafael Garcete-Barrett
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- Taxonomy, Costa Rica, Biodiversity, Mexico

Apodynerus formosensis indicus Giordani Soika, 1994, is recorded here for the first time from India. Two new synonyms for Apodynerus troglodytes troglodytes (de Saussure, 1856) are proposed, namely, Antepipona malabarica Lambert, 2004, syn. n. and Antepipona narendrani Lambert, 2004, syn. n. The parasitic association of Strepsiptera is reported here for the first time in the genus Apodynerus.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Taxonomy, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

The genus Eumenes Latreille, 1802, from the New World, is revised based on external morphology and male genitalia. New synonymy is proposed as follows: E. aureus Isely, 1917 = E. americanus de Saussure, 1852; E. bollii oregonensis Bequaert, 1838, and E. b. ehrenbergi Zavattari, 1912 = E. bollii Cresson, 1872; E. consobrinus pedalis Fox, 1894 = E. consobrinus de Saussure, 1855; E. crucifera bolliformis Viereck, 1908, E. c. nearcticus de Saussure, 1855 and E. c. stricklandi Bequaert, 1944 = E. crucifera Provancher, 1888; E. smithii belfragei Cresson, 1872 = E. smithii de Saussure, 1852; E. verticalis coloradensis Cresson, 1875, E. v. neoboreus Bequaert, 1944, E. v. tricinctus Isely, 1917 = E. verticalis Say, 1824. Eumenes flavitinctus Bohart, 1950, revised status, is no longer a subspecies of E. crucifera but elevated to specific level. Eumenes brunneus is elevated to the specific level and a new name is proposed because of homonymy, E. bequaerti Grandinete Carpenter nom. nov. An iden...

- by Fernando Noll
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- Evolutionary Biology, Zoology, Insect Taxonomy, Neotropics

Zethus is the largest genus in Vespidae with over 270 species. It is currently divided into four subgenera: Z. (Zethus), Z. (Zethoides), Z. (Zethusculus) and Z. (Madecazethus). While the last three are restricted to certain biogeographic areas, the first is spread through western and eastern hemispheres. Studies have shown possible phylogenetic incongruence regarding this current division and even raised the possibility of paraphyly in the genus. To evaluate this classification, morphological pasimony analyses under implied weights was carried out, examining external morphology and male genitalia. Analyses showed paraphyly of the genus under various “k” values and paraphyly of two subgenera. Ischnocoelia and Ctenochilus are lowered to subgenera of Zethus. Zethus (Madecazethus) is no longer restricted to Malagasy species and now includes those of the African continent as well. Zethus (Zethastrum) subg. nov. is defined for Oriental representatives. Z. (Zethus) is subdivided into three subgenera: Z. (Zethus), Z. (Didymogastra) and Z. (Wettsteinia). Zethus (Zethusculus) and Z. (Zethoides) are monophyletic and hold their status as subgenera. Three species-groups are Incertae sedis: Z. albopictus, Z. pallidus and Z. spinosus.

- by Rogério Botion Lopes and +2
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- Insect Taxonomy, Cladistics, Phylogenetic Systematics, Potter wasps

Three new species, namely Labus edentatus sp. n. from China, L. sparsipunctus sp. n. from Thailand and L. robustus sp. n. from Indonesia are described and illustrated. Both L. amoenus van der Vecht, 1935 and L. pusillus van der Vecht, 1963 are newly recorded from China and Vietnam, and L. angularis van der Vecht, 1935 is also firstly recorded from China. An updated key to the world species of the genus Labus is provided.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Insect Taxonomy, Faunistics, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

A new species, Alastor (Alastor) venkataramani sp. n. is described from Telangana, India, and compared with its most similar described species, A. punjabensis Dutt. A key to and checklist of the species of Alastor (Alastor) from Oriental... more

- by Girish Kumar and +1
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- Taxonomy, Faunistics, Potter wasps, Oriental Region

A total of 38 species belonging to 26 genera of Eumeninae are recorded from Hong Kong, among which two new species, namely Allorhynchium radiatumsp. nov. and Orientalicesa nigrasp. nov. are described and illustrated. Symmorphus tsushimanus Yamane, 1990 is newly recorded from China and its female is firstly described. Eighteen species are newly recorded for Hong Kong. Antepipona ferruginea Kim & Yamane, 2003 is synonymized with Antepipona rufescens (Smith, 1857) (syn. nov.) and Eumenes quadratus obsoletus Dover, 1926 is synonymised with Eumenes quadratus quadratus Smith, 1852 (syn. nov.). A checklist, a key and illustrations to Hong Kong Eumeninae are also provided.

- by James M Carpenter
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- Biology, China, Insect Taxonomy, Hymenoptera