Eumenes labiatus sinicus Giordani Soika, 1941

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 : 568

Eumenes labiatus sinicus Giordani Soika, 1941

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Eumenes (Eumenes) labiatus var. sinicus Giordani Soika 1941: 141 , ♂, “ China: Kiuhua, Shan-Ankwei” [“Kiuhua Shan, Anhwei, G. Liu” on label] (University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge).

Eumenes labiatus sinicus Giordani Soika 1973: 24 .

Material examined. VIETNAM: Ha Giang: 1 ♀, Tan Tien, Viet Vinh, Bac Quang, 23°11'45"N 105°11'24"E, LX Truong, LTP Nguyen, DD Nguyen & MP Nguyen, 1 ♂, Tung Ba, Vi Xuyen, 3.VII.2013, T. V. Nguyen; Cao Bang: 1 ♀, Thanh Cong, Nguyen Binh, alt. 1000m, 22° 32.5N 105°53'E, 8.VIII.2012, LTP Nguyen & IED-c; Lao Cai: 1 ♀, Ban Xeo, Bat Xat, 23.VI.2008, LTP Nguyen & PH Pham; Bac Kan: 1 ♀, Kim Hy NP, Lang San, Na Ri, 22°19'23"N 105°54'24"E, 3-4.VIII.2012, J. Kojima, H. Nugroho & IED-c; 1 ♂, Kim Hy NP, Vu Muon, Bach Thong, 22°12'51"N 105°58'42"E, 5.VIII.2012, J. Kojima, H. Nugroho & IED-c; Lang Son: 1 ♀, Na Sen, Hoang Dong, 21°51'42"N 106°43'54"E, DD Nguyen, LTP Nguyen & MP Nguyen; Vinh Phuc: 1 ♂, Me Linh Biodiversity Station, Me Linh, 25.V.2013, LTP Nguyen; Ha Noi: 1 ♀, Ba Vi, alt. 800m, 18.IX.2000, LTP Nguyen; Bac Giang: 2 ♂, Thanh Son, Son Dong, alt. 300m, 1.VII.2010, PH Pham; 1 ♂, Khe Ro, Son Dong, 17.V.2013, D. D. Tran; Hoa Binh: 1 ♀, Da Phuc, Yen Thuy, 27.IV.2012, H. T. Dang; Thanh Hoa: 4 ♀, 1 ♂, Xuan Lien NP, Hon Can, Van Xuan, Thuong Xuan, alt. 175 m, 19°51'41"N 105°14'07"E, LTP Nguyen; Nghe An: 1 ♂, Thanh My, Thanh Chuong, 27.V.2008, ISD-c; Ha Tinh: 1 ♂, Khe Van, Son Hong, Huong Son, alt. 120-180 m, 24.IV.2004, LX Truong; 1 ♂, Son Kim, Huong Son, 6.V.2004, LX Truong.

Distribution. China (Kiuhua, Shan-Ankwei) ( Giordani Soika, 1941), Vietnam (new record).

Remarks. Beside yellow coloration as in the male described by Giordani Soika (1941), the female has the following part with different coloration (color of male in brackets): clypeus black with basal two-third yellow [completely yellow], pronotum largely yellow except lateral margin [wide band at apical margin yellow, sometimes intertuped], wide complete yellow band at metanotum [narrow band, interupted at the middle], propodeum sometimes with yellow spot at sides [propodeum completely black], large yellow spot at side of T2 [small yellow spots].

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 12. Eumenes species. 7, 8. T 1 in dorsal view. 7. E. quadratus quadratus. 8. E. labiatus sinicus. 9, 10. Metasomal segment 2 in lateral view. 9. E. quadratus. 10. E. multipictus. 11, 12. T 2, posterior view. 11. E. labiatus sinicus. 12. E. rubronotatus.

FIGURES 13 – 18. Eumenes species. 13, 14. Metasomal segments 1 – 2 in lateral view. 13. E. labiatus sinicus. 14. E. rubronotatus. 15 – 18. Habitus. 15. E. gibbosus sp. nov. 16. E. rubronotatus. 17. E. inconspicuus. 18. E. multipictus.