Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika, 1970

Bai, Yue, Carpenter, James M., Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2022, A review of the genus Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika, 1970 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from China, with descriptions of two new species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 90, pp. 185-199 : 185

Genus Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika, 1970

Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika 1970: 79. Type species: Paraleptomenes nurseanus Giordani Soika, 1970, by original designation and monotypy; Giordani Soika, 1994: 122-132 (revision).

Diagnosis.

Posterior area of hind ocelli depressed inward flatly, forming an acute angle with frons; anterior face of pronotum with one or two foveae in the middle or not obvious, laterally with dense punctures (Figs 5 , 16 , 24 , 31 ); tegula not reaching posteriorly to the apex of parategula (Figs 7 , 15 , 26 , 33 , 39 ); posterior surface with submarginal carina produced into pointed lamella apically, valvula enlarged and free posteriorly from submarginal carina (Figs 19 , 28 , 32 ); the second submarginal cell of fore wing not petiolate; first metasomal segment subsessile, in dorsal view narrower than second; T1 basally without transverse carina; T2 apically not reflexed (Figs 1 , 2 , 11 , 12 , 20 , 21 , 29 , 34 , 35 ).

Distribution.

Oriental Region.

Figures

Figures 1 - 10. Paraleptomenes setaceus sp. nov. Holotype (♀): 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 paratype (♂): 2, 4, 6, 8. 1, 2 habitus (dorsal view) 3, 4 head (frontal view) 5 vertex and part of pronotum (dorsal view) 6 A 6 - A 13 7 mesosoma (dorsal view) 8 metasoma (ventral view) 9 tegula (dorsal view) 10 mesosoma (lateral view).

Figures 11 - 19. Paraleptomenes transfoveolus sp. nov. Holotype (♀) 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19 paratype (♂) 12, 14, 17. 11, 12 habitus (dorsal view) 13, 14 head (frontal view) 15 mesosoma (dorsal view) 16 vertex and part of pronotum (dorsal view) 17 A 5 - A 13 18 tegula (dorsal view) 19 mesosoma (lateral view).

Figures 20 - 28. Paraleptomenes darugiriensis Kumar, Carpenter & Sharma, 2014. ♀ 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28 ♂ 21, 23, 25. 20, 21 habitus (dorsal view) 22, 23 head (frontal view) 24 vertex and part of pronotum (dorsal view) 25 A 7 - A 13 26 mesosoma (dorsal view) 27 tegula (dorsal view) 28 mesosoma (lateral view).

Figures 29 - 33. Paraleptomenes nurseanus montanus Giordani Soika, 1994. ♀ 29 - 33 29 habitus (dorsal view) 30 head (frontal view) 31 vertex and part of pronotum (dorsal view) 32 mesosoma (lateral view) 33 mesosoma (dorsal view).

Figures 34 - 39. Paraleptomenes kosempoensis (Schulthess, 1934). Syntype (♀) 34, 36, 39 ♂ 35, 37, 38. 34, 35 habitus (dorsal view) 36 head (frontal view) 37 head (frontal view) 38 A 3 - A 13 39 part of mesosoma and metasoma (dorsal view).