Eumenes atrophicus ( Fabricius, 1798 )

Nguyen, Lien Thi Phuong, 2015, Potter wasps of the genus Eumenes Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Vietnam, with description of a new species and key to species, Zootaxa 3974 (4), pp. 564-572 : 567

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.4.7
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6093536
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scientific name	Eumenes atrophicus ( Fabricius, 1798 )
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Vespa atrophica Fabricius 1798: 264 , ♀, “In India orientali” (Universitets København, Zoologisk Museum, København).

Material examined. VIETNAM: Hanoi: 1 ♀, Cau Giay, 11.VII.2008, LTP Nguyen.

Distribution. India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, China ( Hong Kong), Vietnam (new record).

Remarks. The specimens of this species from Vietnam agree well with the description by van der Vecht 1959 in morphological and color pattern. In additions to yellow color described by van der Vecht, the specimens from Vietnam also has two large yellow spots at the base of the clypeus, a large spot on the dorsal part of the mesepisternum, a small spot at the dorsal-lateral side of the propodeum, and a small mark on the lateral side of T2.