A review of the genus Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika, 1970 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from China, with descriptions of two new 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 401331, China Author Carpenter, James M. Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79 Author Chen, Bin Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vector Insects, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology, Institute of Entomology and Molecular Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, 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 401331, China ltjing1979@hotmail.com text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2022 2022-04-29 90 185 199 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.90.82546 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.90.82546 1314-2607-90-185 EC1A576B885A47B6A96751796758B9AC 1AE657244FE95D0B853D26AC298E4B7E 6508921 Genus Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika, 1970 Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika 1970 : 79. Type species: Paraleptomenes nurseanus Giordani Soika, 1970, by original designation and monotypy; Giordani Soika, 1994: 122-132 (revision). Diagnosis. Posterior area of hind ocelli depressed inward flatly, forming an acute angle with frons; anterior face of pronotum with one or two foveae in the middle or not obvious, laterally with dense punctures (Figs 5 , 16 , 24 , 31 ); tegula not reaching posteriorly to the apex of parategula (Figs 7 , 15 , 26 , 33 , 39 ); posterior surface with submarginal carina produced into pointed lamella apically, valvula enlarged and free posteriorly from submarginal carina (Figs 19 , 28 , 32 ); the second submarginal cell of fore wing not petiolate; first metasomal segment subsessile, in dorsal view narrower than second; T1 basally without transverse carina; T2 apically not reflexed (Figs 1 , 2 , 11 , 12 , 20 , 21 , 29 , 34 , 35 ). Distribution. Oriental Region.