Rhynchium brunneum brunneum (Fabricius, 1793)

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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.37691

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AE0E30B1-0C2B-4DD2-9CA6-1CE1637EF549

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C37C9D8-EDA0-5148-B33E-A81B787FC553

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scientific name

Rhynchium brunneum brunneum (Fabricius, 1793)
status

 

(33) Rhynchium brunneum brunneum (Fabricius, 1793)

Figs 110-112 View Figures 98–112

Vespa brunnea Fabricius, 1793: 264, “Tranquebariae” (Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu, India), ZMUC. Type: sex not stated.

Material examined.

CHINA: Hong Kong : 2♀, Pak Sha O, hand net, 11.vii.03 & 12.vi.2011, UTM: 50Q KK 242852, 70m View Materials , refs.: 0091. A.Hy. 1 [CBC] & 0440. A.Hy. 1, leg. C. Barthélémy [AMNH]; 1♂ 1♀, Mai Po Nature Reserve, hand net, 19.vii.2014, UTM: R. 50Q JK 959903, 1m View Materials , refs.: 0527. G.Hy. 3 & 0527. G.Hy. 6 both [CBC] .

Distribution.

China (Guangdong, *Hong Kong, Taiwan, Yunnan); Pakistan; Seychelles; India; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam; Malaysia; Indonesia; New Britain; Marianas; Palau.

Remarks.

An occasional wasp in Hong Kong. Easily confused with Rhynchium quinquecinctum quinquecinctum and only minor colour differences of the scutellum permit differentiation.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Rhynchium