Two new species of the genus Okinawepipona Yamane (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Vietnam and China

Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen; Zaifu Xu

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3795.1.4

Two new species of the genus Okinawepipona Yamane (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Vietnam and China

Zootaxa. 2014 May 9:3795:38-44. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.1.4.

Authors

Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen¹, Zaifu Xu²

Affiliations

¹ Insect Ecology Department, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.; Email: phuonglientit@gmail.com.
² Department of Entomology, College of Nature Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University (SCAU), Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, P. R. China.; Email: xuzaifu@scau.edu.cn.

PMID: 24870456
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.1.4

Abstract

Two new species are described and figured: Okinawepipona nigra Nguyen & Xu, sp. nov. (northern Vietnam and southern China), and O. curcipunctura Nguyen & Xu, sp. nov. (southern China). A key to the three known species of the genus is provided.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Biodiversity*
China
Female
Male
Vietnam
Wasps / anatomy & histology*