A new species and two new records of the genus Pseudepipona de Saussure, 1856 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from China, with a key to the Chinese species Author Bai, Yue Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vector Insects; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology; Institute of Entomology and Molecular Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China Author Chen, Bin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5227-7736 Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vector Insects; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology; Institute of Entomology and Molecular Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China Author Li, Ting-Jing https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7175-2697 Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vector Insects; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology; Institute of Entomology and Molecular Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China ltjing1979@hotmail.com text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2021 2021-04-29 82 285 304 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.82.64011 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.82.64011 1314-2607-82-285 1AFAA9FB20E2491AB8C46D3EFF371862 F71562F696D9557CBB17CF2394F2CB41 4741673 Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) kozhevnikovi (Kostylev, 1927) new record Figs 8-17 Odynerus kozhevnikovi Kostylev 1927 : 78, fig. 4. Pseudepipona kozhevnikovi ; Bluethgen 1938 (1937): 295; van der Vecht and Fischer 1972 : 84. Material examined. 5♀♀ , CHINA , Gansu , Zhangye City , Gaotai County , Heiquan Town , Yanzhibao Village , 39.607°N , 99.654°E , 1.VII.2019 , Xue Zhang (CNU) ; 1♂ , CHINA , Gansu , Jiayuguan City , Xincheng Town , Anyuangou Village , 39.787°N , 98.322°E , 22.VI.2019 , Xue Zhang (CNU) . Diagnosis. Female body length 10.0-11.0 mm, male body length 9.5 mm (Figs 8-9 ); body largely ferruginous, with the following parts black: inner margin and apex of mandible, a small spot of clypeus in female, frons, vertex (Fig. 11 ), antenna except A1-A2 (Fig. 10 ), mesoscutum except two curved comma-shaped ferruginous spots, anterior margins of scutellum and metanotum, ventral side of mesosoma, posterior face of propodeum medially, coxae and trochanters largely, a large spot on the base of T2 and metasomal segments 3-7 except apical ferruginous bands (Figs 16-17 ); clypeus (Figs 13-14 ) wider than long; lateral carina of propodeum obviously tooth-shaped (Figs 12 , 15 ), horizontal carina between dorsal and posterior surfaces of propodeum thin and slightly indistinct; T1 basally with lateral short raised carina (Fig. 17 ). Distribution. China (Gansu); Russia; Mongolia; Kazakhstan. Figures 8-17. Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) kozhevnikovi (Kostylev, 1927) 8 habitus in dorsal view, ♀ 9 habitus in dorsal view, ♂ 10 antenna, ♂ 11 vertex, ♀ 12 propodeum in dorsal view, ♀ 13 head in frontal view, ♀ 14 head in frontal view, ♂ 15 mesosoma, ♀ 16 metasoma in ventral view, ♀ 17 metasoma in dorsal view, ♀.