A new Eustenoga[s]ter species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Stenogastrinae), the first hover wasp known to overwinter on the nest

Title Variants

Alternative: New Eustenogaster species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Stenogastrinae)

Alternative: New hover wasp

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3534

By

Saito-Morooka, Fuki
Nguyen, Lien P. T.

Kojima, Jun-Ichi, 1955-
Carpenter, James M. (James Michael), 1956-

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2006

Notes

Caption title.

"September 8, 2006."

A new species of hover wasp, Eustenogaster nigra Saito and Nguyen, is described based on females and males collected mainly in northern Viet Nam. The wasp is also distributed in mountainous areas of central Viet Nam and the southern part of China. All distribution records are from areas with more-or-less distinct seasons in terms of temperature. The nest is described and compared with those of other Eustenogaster species. A nest collected during early spring in Tam Dao National Park in northern Viet Nam, where there is a more-or-less distinct 'winter', had five males and six virgin females, suggesting that both sexes overwinter on their nest.

Subjects

Behavior , Classification , Eustenogaster , Eustenogaster nigra , Geographical distribution , Insects , Nests , Social evolution in animals , Vespidae , Vietnam , Wasps , Wintering

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3534 2006

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3534[1:ANESHS]2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 71316463