The genus Passaloecus Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) from China with four new species and two new records

Nawaz Haider Bashir; Shi-Jie DU; Dan Yue; Qiang Li; L I Ma

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4629.3.10

The genus Passaloecus Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) from China with four new species and two new records

Zootaxa. 2019 Jul 8;4629(3):zootaxa.4629.3.10. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4629.3.10.

Authors

Nawaz Haider Bashir¹, Shi-Jie DU, Dan Yue, Qiang Li, L I Ma

Affiliation

¹ Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, P. R. China. liqiangkm@126.com.

PMID: 31712515
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4629.3.10

Abstract

Four new species of genus Passaloecus Shuckard, (Crabronidae: Pemphredoninae: Pemphredonini) from China are described, namely P. bisulcatus Bashir Ma, sp. nov., P. profundesulcatus Bashir Ma, sp. nov., P. tuberangustus Bashir Ma, sp. nov., and P. tuberculiformis Bashir Ma, sp. nov. In addition, eight Palearctic species are reported, of which P. turanicus Gussakovskij and P. turionum Dahlbom are first records for China. A key to the species of Passaloecus from China is provided.

Keywords: Hymenoptera, Pemphredoninae, Palearctic region, new, taxonomy.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
China
Hymenoptera*