Descriptions of eight new species of the genus Parancistrocerus Bequaert (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), with a key to the Oriental species Author Li, Tingjing Author Carpenter, James M. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-02-01 4551 3 251 274 journal article 27600 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.3.1 239efb70-4dd1-4030-9e7e-9f30c4182a87 1175-5326 2622855 97EFCAB9-E174-4256-9FFC-E6F64C498E3F Parancistrocerus samarensis (von Schulthess, 1934 ) (Figs 57–63) Odynerus samarensis von Schulthess 1934 : 73 ; Giordani Soika 1986 : 126 . Ancistrocerus samarensis : Baltazar 1966 : 301 . Parancistrocerus samarensis : Giordani Soika 1986 : 125 ; 1993: 20; 1994: 153, 160; Gusenleitner 2010 : 695 ; Girish Kumar et al. 2016 : 155 . Diagnosis. Body length 7.0–8.0 mm in female (Fig. 57), 6.0–7.0 mm in male (Fig. 58); clypeus in female with arched yellow band basally (Fig. 59) and entirely yellow in male (Fig. 60), clypeal apex narrow, apical width of clypeus shorter than distance between antennal sockets, and clypeus coarsely punctate; median sloping area of anterior face of pronotum punctate (Fig. 61); apex of T3 prolonged mesally (Fig. 63); and T1–T3 coarsely and densely punctate, punctures of T1 denser and bigger than those of other metasomal parts (Fig. 62). Material examined. 1♀ 1♂ , China , Guizhou prov., Kaili City , Leishan County , Datang Town , Xinqiao Village , 23. VI .2015, Tingjing Li & Yan Peng ( CQNU ) ; 1♀ , China , Guizhou prov., Tongren City , Jiangkou County , outskirts, 27. VI .2015, Zhenxia Ma & Yan Peng ( CQNU ) ; 1♀ , China , Sichuan prov., Leshan City , Emeishan County , Dawei Town , 13.VIII.2011 , Tingjing Li ( CQNU ) ; 1♂ , China , Guangxi prov., Xingan County , Huajiang Town , Gaozhai Village , 19.VII.2015 , Tingjing Li ( CQNU ) . Distribution. China (new record); Laos ; Philippines .