A taxonomic account of the genus Labus de Saussure, 1867 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) with descriptions of three new species 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 Insect and Molecular Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China Author Carpenter, James M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6754-8028 Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79 th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA carpente@amnh.org text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2018 2018-08-27 65 23 46 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.65.26976 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.65.26976 1314-2607-65-23 CA564E051B39449DB854B0C133539BFC FF86FF93943AFFEAFF91FF93FFD00A56 1408293 Labus philippinensis Giordani Soika, 1986 Figs 32-35 Labus philippinensis Giordani Soika, 1986: 78; Gusenleitner 1988 : 196; Girish Kumar et al. 2014 : 36. Material examined. 2♂♂ , Philipphines , Laguna, I.R.R. I. Univ. Phil. Los Banos, 13.III.1980 , J.Kojima (AMNH) ; 1♂ , Philipphines , Bataan Prov. Luzon, Dinalupihan Municipality , 5.5 mi. w. of Culo , 16.IX.1945 , P.I. Richard Dow (AMNH) ; 1♀ , Philipphines , Pampanga Prov. Luzon, Road west of Ft. Stotsepburg , 4.X.1945 , P.I. Richard Dow (AMNH) . Diagnosis. Body (Figs 32-33 ) length 6.5-7.5 mm; clypeus distinctly punctate (Figs 34-35 ); head in frontal view as long as wide, its sides rounded (Figs 34-35 ); propodeum posteriorly on each side with a moderate tooth above the apical spine formed by the submarginal carina; petiole long and slender, total length of petiole 7.88 x basal width and 2.67 x apical width, swollen part of metasomal petiole much less (0.83 x ) than half of the length of the petiole. Figures 32-35. Labus philippinensis Giordani Soika, 1986. 32 habitus, ♀ 33 habitus, ♂ 34 head in frontal view, ♀ 35 head in frontal view, ♂. Distribution. Philippines.