A new species and two new records of the genus Pseudepipona de Saussure, 1856 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from China, with a key to the Chinese species

Abstract

In present paper, a total of seven species of Pseudepipona is recognized from China, containing one new species and two newly recorded species. The new species Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) punctulatasp. nov. is described and illustrated in detail. Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) kozhevnikovi (Kostylev, 1927) and Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) straminea (André, 1884) are first recorded from China. Four other known species Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) augusta (Morawitz, 1867), Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) herrichii (de Saussure, 1856), Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) lativentris (de Saussure, 1855) and Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) przewalskyi (Morawitz, 1885) are also diagnosed with some figures. Furthermore, a key to the Chinese species of the genus is provided.

First Comprehensive Analysis of Both Mitochondrial Characteristics and Mitogenome-Based Phylogenetics in the Subfamily Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

“…To date, two mitogenomes of Eumeninae have been published, which is insufficient to explore phylogenetic relationships [ 18 ]. In China, which spans two faunal regions (Palearctic and Oriental Regions), there is a total of more than 310 known species and subspecies in 58 genera of the subfamily Eumeninae [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 ], which constitutes a quarter of the total genera of the world. To clarify the phylogenetic relationships within Eumeninae, especially the placement of Zethini, 52 new mitogenomes of 33 genera of Eumeninae from China are obtained and analyzed by combining 35 published vespid mitogenomes in this study.…”

Contribution to the taxonomy of the Pseudepipona subgenus Deuterepipona Blüthgen, 1951 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Central Asia, with the description of four new species

“…Pseudepipona de Saussure, 1856 is a genus of solitary wasps in the subfamily Eumeninae with 39 hitherto described species. Most of them occur in the Palaearctic region except two Afrotropical species; one species is also found in India and another one is present in both the Palaearctic and Nearctic region (Carpenter et al 2010;Girish Kumar et al 2017;Kim 2020;Bai et al 2021;Fateryga 2022). The genus Pseudepipona includes two subgenera: Deuterepipona Blüthgen, 1951 and Pseudepipona s. str.…”