New records of petiolate potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Bhutan

Abstract

2 6 O c t o b e r 2 0 1 6 | V o l . 8 | N o . 1 2 | P p . 9 4 6 7 -9 4 7 2 1 0 . 1 1 6 0 9 / j o t . 2 7 7 4 . 8 . 1 2 . 9 4 6 7 -9 4 7 2 T h r e a t e n e d T a x a A l l a r fi c l e s p u b l fi s h e d fi n t h e J o u r n a l o f T h r e a t e n e d T a x a a r e r e g fi s t e r e d u n d e r C r e a fi v e C omm o n s A t r fi b u fi o n 4 . 0 I n t e r n afi o n a l L fi c e n s e u n l e s s o t h e rw fi s e m e n fi o n e d . J o T T a l l ow s u n r e s t r fi c t e d u s e o f a r fi c l e s fi n a n y m e d fi um , r e p r o d u c fi o n a n d d fi s t r fi b u fi o n b y p r o v fi d fi n g a d e q u a t e c r e d fi t t o t h e a u t h o r s a n d t h e s o u r c e o f p u b l fi c a fi o n .O P E N A C C E S S P a r t n e r www . t h r e a t e n e d t a x a . o r g I S S N 0 9 7 4 -7 9 0 7 ( O n l fi n e ) | I S S N 0 9 7 4 -7 8 9 3 ( P r fi n t )T h e fi n t e r n a fi o n a l j o u r n a l o f c o n s e r v a fi o n a n d t a x o n om y J o u r n a l o f T h r e a t e n e d T a x a P u b l fi s h e r / H o s t

Most northern Oriental distribution of Zethus Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae), with a new species from China

“…Zethus Fabricius, 1804, is the most speciose genus of the Vespidae. It consists of 272 valid species, mainly occurring in the pantropical area with most species in the Neotropical region (230 species); the numbers are much lower for the other regions Afrotropical (15), Oriental (26), and Palaearctic (2) (Giordani Soika 1940, Bohart and Stange 1965, Gusenleitner 2011, Carpenter et al 2010, Carpenter and Madl 2011, Nugroho et al 2012, Nidup et al 2016, Nguyen and Carpenter 2016. In addition, Bohart and Stange (1965) reported one undescribed species from Australia.…”

<b>Additional reports of solitary potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) in Bhutan</b>

“…Pareumenes quadrispinosus was reported from the Himalaya by Bingham (1897), and Srinivasan & Kumar (2010) specifically listed it from Bhutan in their distribution list. Nidup et al (2016) reported seven species of petiolate potter wasps from Bhutan with an additional two subspecies, Pareumenes quadrispinosus acutus and Delta pyriforme pyriforme. This, however, is a mere underestimation of the vast diversity and richness of Eumeninae wasps in Bhutan.…”