A taxonomic account of the genus Stenodynerus from China, with descriptions of five new species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae)

By

Ma, Zhenxia
Chen, Bin
Li, Tingjing

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

595

Pages

17-48

Subjects

China , Distribution , Eumeninae , Hymenoptera , new species , Stenodynerus , Vespidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.595.7734

 

Abstract

In this paper, 20 species of the genus Stenodynerus are reviewed and identified from China, including five new species: S. ninglangensis Ma & Li, sp. n., S. reflexus Ma & Li, sp. n., Stenodynerus similibaronii Ma & Li, sp. n., S. strigatus Ma & Li, sp. n., and S. tenuilamellatus Ma & Li, sp. n., and five new records: S. baronii Giordani Soika, S. bluethgeni van der Vecht, S. picticrus (Thomson), S. pullus Gusenleitner and S. nepalensis Giordani Soika. The five new species are described and illustrated in detail. Moreover, the diagnostic characters of all new records and known species from China are provided, with a key to the Chinese species of Stenodynerus.