Two new species of the genus Okinawepipona Yamane (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Vietnam and China
Author
Nguyen, Lien Thi Phuong
Author
Xu, Zaifu
text
Zootaxa
2014
3795
1
journal volume
45830
10.11646/zootaxa.3795.1.4
8619c96b-0aae-4303-bdcc-c50d7bc6042a
1175-5326
228632
2ECDF094-C54D-48A4-96C6-F97097930DE2
Key to all known species of the genus
Okinawepipona
The characters used are applicable to both sexes unless the sex is specified.
1. Body covered with very coarse punctures; mesoscutum, scutellum and metanotum strongly convex dorsally; propodeum with dorsal part strongly rugose and convex, dorsal and posterior surfaces separated by sharp edge; tergum I in dorsal view about twice as wide as long................................................
O. curcipunctura
Nguyen & Xu
,
sp. nov.
- Body covered with less coarse punctures; mesoscutum, scutellum and metanotum slightly convex; dorsal surface of propodeum not convex, dorsal and posterior surfaces separated by blunt edge; metasomal tergum I in dorsal view slightly less than twice as wide as long................................................................................... 2
2. Clypeus in lateral view weakly convex and then straight dorsally, apical margin shallowly emarginated medially, apical teeth blunt; posterior surface of propodeum shiny, almost smooth in lateral area and with weak and short oblique striae along median carina; scutellum and metanotum black; metasomal terga IV-VI entirely black...........
O. nigra
Nguyen & Xu
,
sp. nov.
- Clypeus in lateral view moderately convex, apical margin deeply emarginated medially, apical teeth sharp; posterior surface of propodeum with striae; scutellum and metanotum largely yellow to orange-yellow; metasomal terga IV–VI black, each with yellow to orange-yellow apical band..........................................
O. kogimai
(Giordani Soika, 1986)