Two new species of the genus Discoelius Latreille (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from China, with a key to the Chinese species Author Zhou, Xin Institute of Entomology & Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China Author Chen, Bin Institute of Entomology & Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China Author Li, Ting-jing Institute of Entomology & Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2013 2013-04-24 32 45 54 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.32.4958 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.32.4958 1314-2607-32-45 40DAD011ED77472AB2D857387053C895 061E223EFF94176FFFE15559FFC5FFC2 574816 Genus Discoelius Latreille Discoelius Latreille, 1809: 140; Saussure 1852 : 24; Yasumatsu 1934 : 3; Vecht and Fischer 1972: 2; Li 1985 : 80; Carpenter 1986 : 68; Vecht and Carpenter 1990: 19; Yamane 1990 : 22; Yamane 1996 : 111; Kim 2005 : 111. Type species. Vespa zonalis Panzer, 1801. Diagnosis . Mandible short: not distinctly crossing each other, just a small apical portion overlapping. Clypeus transverse, with widely rounded or somewhat truncate apical margin. Antennal scape somewhat depressed in both sexes. Vertex and gena more or less convex. Mesoscutum with notaulices for its whole length. Metasomal segment 1 less than half as broad as segment 2; both terga 1 and 2 petiolate. Mid tibia with two apical spurs ( Kim 2005 ). Distribution. China (Hebei, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hunan, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Guangdong, Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Taiwan); Palaearctic and Oriental regions.