Zethus malayanus Gusenleitner, 2010

Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen & James M. Carpenter, 2016, Taxonomic review of the genus Zethus Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Vietnam with descriptions of four new species, Entomological Science 2016, pp. 1-9 : 3

Zethus malayanus Gusenleitner, 2010 ( Fig. 7 )

Zethus malayanus Gusenleitner, 2010: 695 , 704, figs. 15 – 19, female “ Malaysia, Perak, Cameron Highlands, Batu 19vill. Env. 590 m, N 4°22 ’ E 101° 20 ’” (Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz).

This species was described by Gusenleitner (2010), and is recorded from Vietnam for the first time. Besides the characters, which were listed in Gusenleitner (2010), the species also has the propodeum dull, with the posterior face shallowly concave ( Fig. 7 ), and the submarginal carina produced into a pointed lamella above the propodeal valvulae.

Material examined. Bac Giang: 1♀, Thanh Son, Son Dong , 120 m a.s.l., 5.vii.2010, PH. Pham; Quang Nam: 1♀, Phuoc My , Phuoc Son , 29.vii. 204, Insect Systematic Department ’ s collectors.

Distribution. Malaysia, Vietnam (new record).

Figures

Figures 1 – 7 Zethus dolosus (1 – 6). ♀ (1 – 4). 1 Head, frontal view. 2 Propodeum. 3 TI & II, dorsal view. 4 Metasomal segments I & II, lateral view. ♂ (5 – 6). 5 Head, frontal view. 6 Right antenna. 7 Z. malayanus, ♀, propodeum. Scale bar, 1 mm.