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
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Journal of Hymenoptera Research
2022
2022-04-29
90
185
199
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.90.82546
journal article
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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.