DOCSLIB.ORG

Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Russian Entomol. J. 24(2): 133–144 © RUSSIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL JOURNAL, 2015 A first list of vespid wasps from Vietnam (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Ïåðâûé ñïèñîê ñêëàä÷àòîêðûëûõ îñ (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Âüåòíàìà Phong Huy Pham1 & Tingjing Li2 Ôîíã Õàé Ïàì1, Òèíäæèíã Ëè2 1 Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam; e-mail: [email protected] 2 Institute of Entomology & Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 401331, P. R. China; e-mail: [email protected] KEY WORDS: Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae, distribution, species list, Vietnam. КЛЮЧЕВЫЕ СЛОВА: Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae, распространение, список видов, Вьетнам. ABSTRACT: A first list of vespid wasps (Hy- area, distributed from India and Sri Lanka to New menoptera: Vespidae) recorded from Vietnam as of Guinea. Five of the seven genera (Eustenogaster van the end of 2013 is presented. A total of 109 species der Vecht, 1969, Liostenogaster van der Vecht, 1969, belonging to 32 genera of four subfamilies, including, Parischnogaster von Schulthess, 1914, Metischnogaster Eumeninae (33 species), Stenogastrinae (10 species), van der Vecht, 1977, and Cochlischnogaster Dong et Polistinae (50 species), and Vespinae (16 species), are Otsuka, 1997) occur in southern Asia, while the remain- treated as valid. 19 new distributional records and the ing two (Stenogaster Guerin, 1831 and Anischnogaster information of the distribution of the species are also van der Vecht, 1972) are found only in New Guinea and provided. its adjacent islands. The Polistinae are cosmopolitan, with two of the four tribes, Polistini and Ropalidiini, РЕЗЮМЕ: Приводится первый список складча- occurring in Old World. The Vespinae are Holarctic токрылых ос (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Вьетнама. По and Oriental, and Southeast Asia is the only area where состоянию на конец 2013 года он включает 109 all the four genera (Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1916, видов из 32 родов четырёх подсемейств, в том числе Vespula Thomson, 1869, Vespa Linnaeus, 1758, and Eumeninae (33 вида), Stenogastrinae (10 видов), Provespa Ashmead, 1903) occur, and Provespa is en- Polistinae (50 видов) и Vespinae (16 видов). Для 19 demic to the area. видов приведены новые точки находок. Vietnam, spread from north to south along the eastern margin of the Indochina Peninsula, covers a 2 Introduction total area of approximately 331210 km with 4639 km long of the land boundary, and 3444 km long of the The hymenopteran family Vespidae, with more than coastline. Vietnam’s land is mostly hilly and densely 5000 species worldwide, is divided into six subfamilies. forested. Mountains account for 40% of the country’s They are Euparagiinae, Masarinae, Eumeninae, Steno- land area, and tropical forests cover around 42%. So gastrinae, Polistinae, and Vespinae with 10 species in 1 Vietnam is expected to have high magnitude of biodi- genus, 344 species in 14 genera, 3579 species in 210 versity. Especially North Vietnam, which is within the genera, 58 species in 7 genera, 958 species in 26 genera, Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot and shows climati- and 69 species in 4 genera, respectively [van der Vecht cally more or less warm-temperate characteristics, is & Carpenter, 1990, reviewed in Pickett & Carpenter, expected to be one of the centers of divergence of 2010]. The social wasps are comprised of three subfam- vespid wasps, as has been demonstrated for the polis- ilies (Stenogastrinae, Polistinae, and Vespinae), in the tine genus Polistes Latreille, 1802. Nevertheless, the family Vespidae, while the wasps in the three other vespid wasps in the area are yet poorly studied. An subfamilies (Euparagiinae, Masarinae, and Eumeninae) annotated distributional checklist of social wasps of are solitary. Vietnam was performed by Nguyen et al. [2005]. In South-East Asia is a special place for the wasps: it is this checklist, they listed 45 species in 10 genera the center of higher-level diversity. Four of the six occurring in Vietnam. However, this work has hitherto vespid subfamilies occur (Eumeninae, Stenogastrinae, been for 8 years, and many new species of the social Polistinae, and Vespinae). The Eumeninae are cosmo- wasp are added to the Vietnamese fauna since then. politan and include more than 3500 described species. Specially, subfamily Eumeninae only treated formal in The Stenogastrinae are endemic to the Indo-Malayan the middle of 2012. 134 Phong Huy Pham & Tingjing Li Well corroborated taxonomic works would of course Anterhynchium de Saussure, 1863 contribute greatly to the study of the biology of these 3. Anterhynchium mellyi (de Saussure, 1852) wasps, which exhibit considerable divergence in social Rygchium mellyi de Saussure, 1852: 116; Rhynchium mellyi organization and nesting behavior [reviewed in Turil- Saussure, 1855: 172; Odynerus mellyi Dover, 1929: 44; Anter- lazzi, 1991]. As the basis for perusing revisionary taxo- hynchium mellyi van der Vecht, 1963: 76–77. nomic works and catalogs, a present list provides basic DISTRIBUTION. Allahabad; Bengal; Burma; China; taxonomic information and distribution records for wasps Vietnam: Hoa Binh [van der Vecht, 1963]. so far recorded from Vietnam. Apodynerus Giordani Soika, 1993 4. Apodynerus formosensis continentalis Materials and methods Giordani Soika, 1994 The present paper is based mainly on published Apodynerus formosensis continentalis Giordani Soika, 1994: faunistic records and also on specimens housed in Insti- 217. tute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), Ha- DISTRIBUTION. China: Fukien, Guangdong, Kwang- tung and Yen Ping; Laos; Vietnam: Vinh Phuc [Giordani noi, Vietnam. In each subfamily the genera are listed Soika, 1994]. alphabetically. In each genus, species names are listed alphabetically insofar they are considered as valid in the 5. Apodynerus nitidiclypeus Gusenleitner, 2013 most recent citation, and species are numbered, with a Apodynerus nitidiclypeus Gusenleitner, 2013: 121, 125. sub-number for each subspecies, if any. Distributional DISTRIBUTION. Vietnam: Dac Lak [Gusenleitner, data are summarized by country for a taxon treated as 2013]. valid. Provincial distribution and references are only for Coeleumenes van der Vecht, 1963 records from Vietnam. Vietnamese provinces are given in bold and given in alphabetical order in the lists. The 6. Coeleumenes burmanicus (Bingham, 1897) specimens examined are listed by provinces in Vietnam. Montezumia burmanica Bingham, 1897: 349–350; Montezumia Because Ha Tay province merged into Hanoi capital 1 bisulcata Cameron, 1900: 535; Montezumia burmanica var. malay- ana Dover, 1931: 253; ?Montezumia (Pseudozumia) thoracica August 2008, the distribution of some species in this Sonan, 1939: 132; Pseudozumia burmanica Giordani Soika, 1941: province is recorded for Hanoi. Abbreviations and sym- 165; Pseudozumia burmanica var. malayana Giordani Soika, 1941: bols are as follows: National Park — NP; Phong Huy 168; Coeleumenes burmanicus van der Vecht, 1963: 46–47. Pham — PP. DISTRIBUTION. India: Sikkim, Assam, Siam; Malay- sia; Vietnam: Tonkin, Than Moi [van der Vecht, 1963]. Results and discussion Delta Fabricius, 1775 7. Delta campaniforme campaniforme Mainly based on previously published data and on (Fabricius, 1775) specimens housed in IEBR, the present list of vespid wasps from Vietnam presented in this paper consists of Vespa campaniformis Fabricius, 1775: 371; Sphex campani- formis Christ, 1791: 312; Eumenes campaniformis Fabricius, 1804: 109 species in 32 genera of four subfamilies (Eumeni- 287; Eumenes esuriens F. Smith, 1861; Eumenes esuriens var. nae, Stenogastrinae, Polistinae, and Vespinae). 19 new campaniformis Maindron, 1882: 270–272; Eumenes edwardsii von distributional records are added. Schulthess, 1914: 263; Eumenes caffer var. gracilis Dover et Rao, 1922: 237; Eumenes gracilis var. esuriens Dover, 1926: 233; Subfamily Eumeninae Eumenes campaniformis var. campaniformis Giordani Soika, Allorhynchium van der Vecht, 1963 1934(1933): 227; Delta campaniforme campaniforme Giordani Soika, 1987: 147. 1. Allorhynchium chinense (de Saussure, 1862) DISTRIBUTION. Nepal; China; Thailand; Cambodia; Rhynchium chinense de Saussure, 1862: 186; Allorhynchium Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Moluccas, Papua; Papua New chinense van der Vecht, 1963: 60; ?Allorhynchium argentatum Guinea; Australia; Philippines; adventive in U. S. A.: Ha- Baltazar, 1966: 32. waii, Vietnam [de Saussure et al., 1904]. DISTRIBUTION. China; Taiwan; Philippines; Vietnam NOTE. de Saussure et al. [1904] recorded this species [Giordani Soika, 1986]. from Vietnam, but did not show exact locality. NOTE. Giordani Soika [1986] recorded this species from Vietnam, but did not show exact locality. 8. Delta esuriens (Fabricius, 1787) Vespa esuriens Fabricius, 1787: 293; Eumenes esuriens Fabri- Antepipona de Saussure, 1855 cius, 1804: 286; Delta companiforme esuriens Krombein, 1991: 6; 2. Antepipona biguttata (Fabricius, 1787) Delta esuriens Giordani Soika, 1992: 62. Vespa biguttata Fabricius, 1787: 291; Antepipona injucunda DISTRIBUTION. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Gu- Giordani Soika, 1973: 104; Antepipona biguttata biguttata Gior- jarat, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttara- dani Soika, 1981: 205, 207, 221; Antepipona biguttata takaoensis khand, West Bengal; Arabia; Indonesia: Borneo, Java; Iran; Giordani Soika, 1982: 207, 224. Iraq; Myanmar; Pakistan; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand; DISTRIBUTION. China: Hainan, Kwangtung, Kiangsi, Vietnam: Ninh Binh [Nguyen
Load more

Recommended publications
  • On European Honeybee (Apis Mellifera L.) Apiary at Mid-Hill Areas of Lalitpur District, Nepal Sanjaya Bista1,2*, Resham B
    Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources (2020) 3(1): 117-132 ISSN: 2661-6270 (Print), ISSN: 2661-6289 (Online) DOI: https://doi.org/10.3126/janr.v3i1.27105 Research Article Incidence and predation rate of hornet (Vespa spp.) on European honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) apiary at mid-hill areas of Lalitpur district, Nepal Sanjaya Bista1,2*, Resham B. Thapa2, Gopal Bahadur K.C.2, Shree Baba Pradhan1, Yuga Nath Ghimire3 and Sunil Aryal1 1Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Entomology Division, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal 2Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal 3Socio-Economics and Agricultural Research Policy Division (SARPOD), NARC, Khumaltar, Nepal * Correspondence: [email protected] ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5219-3399 Received: July 08, 2019; Accepted: September 28, 2019; Published: January 7, 2020 © Copyright: Bista et al. (2020). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License. ABSTRACT Predatory hornets are considered as one of the major constraints to beekeeping industry. Therefore, its incidence and predation rate was studied throughout the year at two locations rural and forest areas of mid-hill in Laliptur district during 2016/017 to 2017/018. Observation was made on the number of hornet and honeybee captured by hornet in three different times of the day for three continuous minutes every fortnightly on five honeybee colonies. During the study period, major hornet species captured around the honeybee apiary at both locations were, Vespa velutina Lepeletier, Vespa basalis Smith, Vespa tropica (Linnaeus) and Vespa mandarina Smith. The hornet incidence varied significantly between the years and locations along with different observation dates.
    [Show full text]
  • Boletin-AMXSA-41-JUNIO-2020.Pdf
    Boletín de la Asociación Mexicana de Sistemática de Artrópodos _0 PRESENTACIÓN CONTENIDO (da clic para ir a la página deseada) Por ALEJANDRO ZALDÍVAR RIVERÓN Presidente de la AMXSA [1] PRESENTACIÓN [email protected] stimados compañeros, [2] OBITUARIOS [2] Dr. Norman I. Platnick (1951– en esta presentación del 2020) por L. PRENDINI E primer número del año 2020 de nuestro Boletín de [4] Farewell to a good old friend! la AMXSA quiero hacerles saber nues- ¡Adiós a un gran viejo amigo! tro deseo por que todos ustedes y sus por O. F. FRANCKE seres queridos se encuentren bien de salud. Han sido meses difíciles por la [7] ARTÍCULOS pandemia del COVID-19 que azota al mundo, en los que nuestras labores y [7] Modificación de una trampa de luz UV para recolectar vida diaria se han visto afectadas. Los una nueva fecha para el segundo con- lepidópteros nocturnos por A. estudiantes de licenciatura y posgrado greso de la AMXSA, así como todas MERCADO-MARTÍNEZ, W. de algunas universidades han podido las situaciones relacionadas con la A. AGUILAR-GOYTIA Y M. M. concluir el semestre en línea, mien- presentación de trabajos y las confer- LUNA-REYES tras que desafortunadamente en otras encias magistrales que se realizarían. instituciones esto no ha sido posible También les comunico que debido a [11] En medio del desierto… Ex- llevar a cabo. Las salidas al campo, las la pandemia no ha sido posible aún pedición aracnológica LATLAX estancias de alumnos tanto nacionales realizar el cambio de mesa directiva, 2019 Baja California: buscando como en el extranjero, así como cual- incluyendo la presidencia.
    [Show full text]
  • Taxonomic Studies of Hornet Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Vespa Linnaeus of India
    Rec. zool. Surv. India: llO(Part-2) : 57-80,2010 TAXONOMIC STUDIES OF HORNET WASPS (HYMENOPTERA: VESPIDAE) VESPA LINNAEUS OF INDIA P. GIRISH KUMAR AND G. SRINIVASAN Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700053, India E-mail: [email protected]:[email protected] INTRODUCTION here. Since it is a taxonomic paper, we generally used The members of the genus Vespa Linnaeus are the term 'Female' instead of 'Queen' and 'Worker' and commonly known as Hornet wasps. They are highly mentioned the terms 'Fertile female' and 'Sterile female' evolved social wasps. They built their nest by using wherever it is necessary. wood pulp. They have large colonies consisting of a All specimens studied are properly registered and single female queen, a large number of sterile workers deposited. Most of the specimens are deposited at and males. Hornet wasps are mainly distributed in 'National Zoological Collections' of the Hymenoptera Oriental and Palaearctic Regions of the world. There Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata (NZSI) and are 23 valid species known from the world so far of the rest of the specimens are deposited at Arunachal which 16 species from Indian subcontinent and 15 Pradesh Field Station, Zoological Survey of India, species from India (Carpenter & Kojima, 1997). Itanagar (APFS/ZSI). Economically, hornet wasps can be both beneficial and Genus Vespa Linnaeus harmful. They are beneficial as predators of agricultural, 1758. Vespa Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10,1 : 343, 572, Genus forest and hygienic pests. The larvae and pupae of (17 species). Vespa are utilized as food by man in some parts of the Type species : "Vespa crabro, Fab." [= Vespa crabro world.
    [Show full text]
  • Potter Wasps of Florida, Eumenesspp
    EENY-403 doi.org/10.32473/edis-in329-2000 Potter Wasps of Florida, Eumenesspp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)1 E. E. Grissell2 The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences. Introduction Currently there are eight species and 10 subspecies of Eumenes known in America north of Mexico (Arnett 2000). Only E. fraternus Say and the nominate subspecies of E. smithii Saussure occur in Florida. These wasps make the familiar jug-like mud nests found on buildings, window sills, screens, and shrubs around the home. Members of the subfamily Eumenidae may be identified to genus with the aid of a key in Parker (1966). The only key for identifying North American species of Eumenes is that of Isley (1917) which is somewhat out of date. Figure 1. Adult potter wasp, Eumenes fraternus Say. Credits: Lyle J. Buss, University of Florida Distribution Identification E. fraternus occurs from about the 100th meridian eastward in the United States and Canada. The nominate subspecies Nests: Although many wasps make mud nests, the jug-like of E. smithii is found in the southern states from Mississippi pots of Eumenes are not easily confused with those of eastward and North Carolina southward. The subspecies other species. Nests of this type, found around the home, E. smithiibelfragei Cresson occurs from Mexico northward are almost certainly made by Eumenes. According to Isley through eastern Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and eastward to (1917), the nest of E.
    [Show full text]
  • Far Eastern Entomologist Number 426: 10-18 March 2021
    Far Eastern Entomologist ISSN 1026-051X (print edition) Number 426: 10-18 ISSN 2713-2196 (online edition) March 2021 https://doi.org/10.25221/fee.426.2 http://zoobank.org/References/274C1717-CA50-475A-978A-8800FB4463B7 YEARLY AND SEASONAL CHANGES IN SPECIES COMPOSITION OF HORNETS (HYMENOPTERA: VESPIDAE) CAUGHT WITH BAIT TRAPS ON THE SEA OF JAPAN COAST K. Kudô1,*), W. Oyaizu1), R. Kusama1), K. Yamagishi1), Y. Yamaguchi1), S. Koji2) 1) Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Faculty of Education, Niigata University, Niigata 950- 2181, Japan. *Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] 2) Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan. Summary. Hornets belong to the genus of Vespa, and are potentially effective predators of insect pests in forests and other environments. To assess the potential impact of prey foraging by the Vespa species, studies have attempted to understand species composition of hornets caught with bait traps in several regions in Japan. These studies showed that the species composition of hornets was different among the different regions in Japan, possibly due to the differences in the geographical distribution and climates. Additionally, the species composition of hornets has only been examined in the inland regions of Japan. In this study, we studied species composition of hornets caught with bait traps in Niigata city on the coast of the Sea of Japan, for a period of four years. The species composition observed in Niigata city was very similar to the composition seen in other temperate, warmer regions, but diffe- rent from that in subarctic and heavy snowfall regions.
    [Show full text]
  • Interspecific Variation in Competitor Avoidance and Foraging Success in Sap-Attracted Insects
    See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270496969 Interspecific variation in competitor avoidance and foraging success in sap- attracted insects Article in European Journal of Entomology · November 2009 DOI: 10.14411/eje.2009.066 CITATIONS READS 0 10 1 author: Jiichiro Yoshimoto University of the Valley of Guatemala 12 PUBLICATIONS 58 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Climate change effects on the biodiversity of the seasonally dry tropical forests of Motagua Valley in Guatemala View project All content following this page was uploaded by Jiichiro Yoshimoto on 28 January 2019. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Eur. J. Entomol. 106: 529–533, 2009 http://www.eje.cz/scripts/viewabstract.php?abstract=1484 ISSN 1210-5759 (print), 1802-8829 (online) Interspecific variation in competitor avoidance and foraging success in sap-attracted insects JIICHIRO YOSHIMOTO* Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan Key words. Aggressive interactions, community, foraging strategy, interference competition, resources, tree sap Abstract. Many insect species attracted to fermenting sap often fight for access to this resource, which results in the establishment of interspecific dominance hierarchies. In one such system, the hornet Vespa mandarinia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) behaviourally dominates during the daytime and several subordinate species avoid aggressive interactions in various ways. In order to elucidate the interspecific variation in competitor-avoidance behaviour and its subsequent effect on foraging success, the behaviour of species of hornets, beetles and butterflies at patches (exudation spots) in Japan was recorded.
    [Show full text]
  • Return to the Subspecies Concept in the Genus Zeta (Hy- Menoptera: Vespidae; Eumeninae )
    Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Parag. Vol. 14 (1-2), Setiembre 2002, pp. 19 - 24 RETURN TO THE SUBSPECIES CONCEPT IN THE GENUS ZETA (HY- MENOPTERA: VESPIDAE; EUMENINAE ) JAMES M. CARPENTER Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, U. S. A. e-mail: [email protected] Abstract.- The subspecies recognized in the eumenine wasp genus Zeta are confirmed as synonyms. Resumen.- Las subespecies reconocidas en el género de avispa eumenina Zeta son inveteradas como sinónimos. In 1987, I published a study of the subspe- Ma che dire allora delle 16 sottospecie cies of two species of the neotropical potter dell’‘Eumenes flavopictus (Blanch.)’ wasp genus Zeta. At that time, the four recog- riconosciute e descritte del Van der Vecht nized species in Zeta, were divided into 15 sub- (1959, Zool. Verh. Leiden, 41:1-71); o delle species, with most of the subspecies proposed 15 sottospecie del Polistes rothney Cam., pure studiate dal Van der Vecht (1978, by Giordani Soika (1975). I documented that Bijdr. Dierk., 38/97-109); o delle 17 the color characteristics by which most of the sottospecie di Polistes stigma (F.) del subspecies were distinguished: (1) showed dis- Petersen (1987, Ent. Scand., 10:227-259); crepancies between actual specimens and o delle 9 ‘color forms’ dell’Eumenes Giordani Soika’s (1975) key, (2) were transi- lepeleterii Sauss.» del Bequaert; od anche tional. Distributional overlap was also noted. le 10 «color varieties» dell’Eumenes I concluded that these subspecies were not re- maxillosus (DG), pure del Bequaert (1918, ally distinct, and sank most of them.
    [Show full text]
  • New Records of Potter Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India: Five Genera and Ten Species
    JoTT Short COMMUNI C ATION 2(12): 1313-1322 New records of potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India: five genera and ten species G. Srinivasan 1 & P. Girish Kumar 2 1,2 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India Email: 1 [email protected], 2 [email protected] Abstract: Six genera and eleven wasp species belonging to developed into a lobe or tooth and forewing with three the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae are reported submarginal cells. All the known eumenine species from the state of Arunachal Pradesh, of which five genera and 10 species are new records for the state. are predators; most of them solitary mass provisioners, though some isolated species show primitive states of Keywords: Arunachal Pradesh, Delta, Eumenes, Eumeninae, social behaviour and progressive provisioning. Adult Hymenoptera, Pareumenes, Phimenes, Rhynchium, feeds on nectar. Tropidodynerus, Vespidae. The knowledge of Indian potter wasps is scanty and fragmentary. The important work available on Indian potter wasps is by Bingham (1897). Van der Vecht Potter wasps (or mason wasps) belong to the (1937, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1981) made some important subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae. It is a widely contribution. Recently, Gusenleitner (1996, 1998, 2001, distributed subfamily which includes about 3,000 species 2006, 2008) also contributed to Eumeninae of India. Note in more than 150 genera (Brothers & Finnamore 1993). worthy contributions to the taxonomy of potter wasps of The adults are small to large (7-28 mm) and compact to India are by Chhotani & Ray (1975), Ray & Kundu (1985), elongate with a sessile to strongly petiolate metasoma.
    [Show full text]
  • Comparative Morphology of the Stinger in Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
    insects Article Comparative Morphology of the Stinger in Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Mario Bissessarsingh 1,2 and Christopher K. Starr 1,* 1 Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago; [email protected] 2 San Fernando East Secondary School, Pleasantville, Trinidad and Tobago * Correspondence: [email protected] Simple Summary: Both solitary and social wasps have a fully functional venom apparatus and can deliver painful stings, which they do in self-defense. However, solitary wasps sting in subduing prey, while social wasps do so in defense of the colony. The structure of the stinger is remarkably uniform across the large family that comprises both solitary and social species. The most notable source of variation is in the number and strength of barbs at the tips of the slender sting lancets that penetrate the wound in stinging. These are more numerous and robust in New World social species with very large colonies, so that in stinging human skin they often cannot be withdrawn, leading to sting autotomy, which is fatal to the wasp. This phenomenon is well-known from honey bees. Abstract: The physical features of the stinger are compared in 51 species of vespid wasps: 4 eumenines and zethines, 2 stenogastrines, 16 independent-founding polistines, 13 swarm-founding New World polistines, and 16 vespines. The overall structure of the stinger is remarkably uniform within the family. Although the wasps show a broad range in body size and social habits, the central part of Citation: Bissessarsingh, M.; Starr, the venom-delivery apparatus—the sting shaft—varies only to a modest extent in length relative to C.K.
    [Show full text]
  • Potter Wasps of Florida,Eumenes Spp
    EENY-403 Potter Wasps of Florida, Eumenes spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)1 E. E. Grissell2 Introduction Currently there are eight species and 10 subspecies of Eumenes known in America north of Mexico (Arnett 2000). Only E. fraternus Say and the nominate subspecies of E. smithii Saussure occur in Florida. These wasps make the familiar jug-like mud nests found on buildings, window sills, screens, and shrubs around the home. Members of the subfamily Eumenidae may be identified to genus with the aid of a key in Parker (1966). The only key for identifying North American species of Eumenes is that of Isley (1917) which is somewhat out of date. Distribution E. fraternus occurs from about the 100th meridian eastward in the United States and Canada. The nominate subspecies of E. smithii is found in the southern states from Mississippi eastward and North Carolina southward. The subspecies Figure 1. Adult potter wasp, Eumenes fraternus Say. Credits: Lyle J. Buss, University of Florida E. smithii belfragei Cresson occurs from Mexico northward through eastern Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and eastward to Missouri and Arkansas. of E. fraternus by the more granular and roughened surface due to small lumps of earth. This observation was based on Identification one nest, however, and is probably not a consistent differ- Nests: Although many wasps make mud nests, the jug-like ence. Eggs are suspended from slender threads from either pots of Eumenes are not easily confused with those of the top or side of the pot (Arnett 2000). other species. Nests of this type, found around the home, are almost certainly made by Eumenes.
    [Show full text]
  • Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Russia, with Description of a New Species of Stenodynerus De Saussure, 1863
    JHR 79: 89–109 (2020) doi: 10.3897/jhr.79.57887 RESEARCH ARTICLE https://jhr.pensoft.net New records of eumenine wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Russia, with description of a new species of Stenodynerus de Saussure, 1863 Alexander V. Fateryga1, Maxim Yu. Proshchalykin2, Denis N. Kochetkov3, Batchuluun Buyanjargal4 1 T.I. Vyazemsky Karadag Scientific Station – Nature Reserve of RAS – Branch of A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Kurortnoye 298188, Feodosiya, Russia 2 Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia 3 Khingan State Nature Reserve, Arkhara 676740, Russia 4 Institute of General and Experimental Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 210351, Mongolia Corresponding author: Maxim Yu. Proshchalykin ([email protected]) Academic editor: Michael Ohl | Received 22 August 2020 | Accepted 7 October 2020 | Published 30 October 2020 http://zoobank.org/2C9F2068-B708-4AF4-92B4-1AA28B2070A3 Citation: Fateryga AV, Proshchalykin MYu, Kochetkov DN, Buyanjargal B (2020) New records of eumenine wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Russia, with description of a new species of Stenodynerus de Saussure, 1863. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 79: 89–109. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.79.57887 Abstract New additions to the knowledge of the subfamily Eumeninae in Russia are provided. Stenodynerus rossicus Fateryga & Kochetkov, sp. nov. is described from Amurskaya Province and Altai Republic. Three species of eumenine wasps are reported from Russia for the first time:Onychopterocheilus kiritshenkoi (Kostylev, 1940), Pterocheilus quaesitus (Morawitz, 1895), and Stenodynerus chitgarensis Giordani Soika, 1970. An- cistrocerus dusmetiolus (Strand, 1914) is excluded from the fauna of Russia; the previous records of this species were based on a misidentification of another similar species, i.
    [Show full text]
  • A Catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region Excluding Malagasy Subregion
    © Biologiezentrum Linz/Austria; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at Linzer biol. Beitr. 42/1 95-315 31.7.2010 A Catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part II: Genera Delta de SAUSSURE 1885 to Zethus FABRICIUS 1804 and Species Incertae Sedis J.M. CARPENTER, J. GUSENLEITNER & M. MADL A b s t r a c t : The genera in alphabetical order from Delta de SAUSSURE 1885 to Zethus FABRICIUS 1804 and species incertae sedis are catalogued. Several taxonomic changes are proposed. K e y w o r d s : Vespidae, Eumeninae, Ethiopian Region, catalogue, taxonomy. Introduction This is the second part of a catalogue of the Eumeninae of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. The first part was published by CARPENTER et al. (2009) consisting of the genera in alphabetical order from Aethiopicodynerus GUSENLEITNER 1997 to Cyrtolabulus van der VECHT 1969, as well as a key to the genera. That paper should also be consulted for explanation of conventions we have followed. This second part deals with all the remaining genera and the species incertae sedis and thus brings the alphabetical catalogue to an end. As CARPENTER & MADL (2009: Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1871-1935) recently published a catalogue of the Vespidae of the Malagasy Subregion, the Eumeninae of the whole Ethiopian Region have now been treated. The third part will include additions, corrections, an index and a systematic review. Abbreviations app................................appendix biol ................................. biology cat................................ catalogue distr .......................... distribution ed. (eds)...............editor (editors) fig. (figs) ............ figure (figures) pl. (pls)...................plate (plates) © Biologiezentrum Linz/Austria; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at 96 sen.
    [Show full text]