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) straminea ( Andre 1884) new record Figs 18-25 Odynerus stramineus Andre 1884 : 745; Kostylev 1940 : 31; Gusenleitner 2001 : 214. Pseudepipona straminea ; Bluethgen 1938 (1937): 295; 1951: 189; van der Vecht and Fischer 1972 : 86. Material examined. 1♀ , CHINA , Xinjiang , Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture , Near the desert road from Luntai County to Lunnan Town , 41.335°N , 84.205°E , 2.VIII.2019 , Tingjing Li (CNU) . Diagnosis. Body length 10.8 mm; body sulfur yellow or obsolete green (Fig. 18 ), with the following parts black: inner margin and apex of mandible, two oblique narrow stripes on frons, vertex (Fig. 20 ), dorsal sides, A6-A12 (Fig. 19 ), mesoscutum except a through M-shaped yellow stripe, anterior margins of scutellum and metanotum, ventral side of mesosoma (Fig. 24 ), anterior margin and posterior face of propodeum medially, and basal transverse bands T1-T2; apical margin of fore wing dark; clypeus slightly longer than wide, with sparse and shallow punctures (Fig. 21 ); scutellum (Fig. 22 ) sparsely punctate, interspaces between punctures polished; lateral carina of propodeum tooth-shaped (Fig. 23 ), horizontal carina between dorsal and posterior surfaces of propodeum strong and distinct (Fig. 23 ); T1 basally without lateral carina (Fig. 25 ), each apex of T1-T5 with relatively denser punctures than other parts. Figures 18-25. Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) straminea ( Andre 1884 ) 18 habitus in dorsal view, ♀ 19 antenna, ♀ 20 vertex, ♀ 21 head in frontal view, ♀ 22 mesosoma, ♀ 23 propodeum in dorsal view, ♀ 24 mesosoma in lateral view, ♀ 25 metasoma in dorsal view, ♀. Male. Unknown. Distribution. China (Xinjiang); western Asia.