Antepipona rufescens (Smith, 1857)

Li, Ting-Jing, Barthelemy, Christophe & Carpenter, James M., 2019, The Eumeninae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) of Hong Kong (China), with description of two new species, two new synonymies and a key to the known taxa, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 72, pp. 127-176 : 127

(12) Antepipona rufescens (Smith, 1857)

Figs 40-42

Odynerus rufescens Smith, 1857: 61, “Ceram”, NHMUK. Type: female.

Antepipona ferruginea Kim & Yamane, 2003: 287, 291, figs 9-16, "Jansui, Formosa", HUM. Syn. nov.

Material examined.

CHINA: Hong Kong : 1♀, Kam Tin, hand net, 25.viii.2006, UTM: 50Q JK 975 843, 10m, ref.: 0227. G.Hy. 2 [CBC] .

Distribution.

China (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sichuan, Taiwan); India; Thailand; Myanmar; Laos; Malaysia; Indonesia.

Remarks.

First recorded from Hong Kong by Giordani Soika 1986. Comparing the specimen from Hong Kong and other specimens of A. rufescens in the AMNH with the description of A. ferruginea shows that they are identical in the features cited as diagnostic by Kim and Yamane (2003). Accordingly, the species A. ferruginea Kim & Yamane, 2003 from Taiwan is synonymized with A. rufescens (Smith, 1857).

Figures

Figures 30 - 42. Allorhynchium chinense, female 30 habitus (lateral view) 31 habitus (dorsal view) 32 head (frontal view) 33 - 39 Allorhynchium radiatus sp. nov., female 33 habitus (lateral view) 34 habitus (dorsal view) 35 face (frontal view) 36 metasoma (dorsal view) 37 propodeum (dorsal view) 38 vertex (dorsal view) 39 part of fore wing 40 - 42 Antepipona rufescens, female 40 habitus (lateral view) 41 habitus (dorsal view) 42 head (frontal view).