Eumenes (Eumenes) punctatus de Saussure, 1852

Li, Ting-Jing, Barthelemy, Christophe & Carpenter, James M., 2019, The Eumeninae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) of Hong Kong (China), with description of two new species, two new synonymies and a key to the known taxa, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 72, pp. 127-176 : 127

(4) Eumenes (Eumenes) punctatus de Saussure, 1852

Figs 7-11 , 132-133

Eumenes punctata de Saussure, 1852: 37, "La Chine", NHMUK. Type species: female, male.

Material examined.

CHINA: Hong Kong : 6♀, Ping Shan Chai , Malaise trap, 26.iv.-05.v.2006, 10-25.x.2015, 12-26.v.2018 & 26.v.-14.vii.2018, UTM: 50Q KK 106 893, 140m, refs: M038. A.Hy. 9, M223. D.Hy. 1, M348. C.Hy. 4 & M351. D.Hy. 5 [CBC], same location 21-26.vi.2006 & 30.vii.-03.ix.2016, refs.: M044. A.Hy. 11, M258. D.Hy. 2, leg. C. Barthélémy [AMNH] , 1♀, same location, hand net, 04.vi.2016, ref.: 0592.B. Hy. 8 [CBC] ; 2♀, Pak Sha O, 20.vi.2009 hand net & 05.iv.2010 reared, UTM: 50Q KK 242 849, 70m, ref.: 0347. A.Hy. 1 & 0391. A.Hy. 1 [CBC] , 1♂ same location, 01.vii.2011 reared, ref.: 0443.A. Hy. 1 [CBC] ; 2♂, Mang Kung Wo , Malaise trap, 07-21.vii.2018 & 21.vii.-04.viii.2018, UTM: 50Q KK 174 760, 60m, refs.: M353. C.Hy. 1 & M356. C.Hy. 2 [CBC] .

Distribution.

China (Hebei, Hong Kong, Inner Mongolia, Kiangsu, Sichuan); India; Sri Lanka; Korea; Japan; Russia.

Remarks.

An abundant wasp in Hong Kong with Palearctic affinities. First recorded by Dover (1926) as Eumenes coarcatus punctatus Sauss. In our collected material we have at least three colour variants of this species, which are illustrated in figures 10-14.

Figures

Figures 1 - 14. Delta campaniforme campaniforme, female 1 habitus (lateral view) 2 habitus (dorsal view) 3 head (frontal view) 4 - 6 Delta pyriforme, female 4 habitus (lateral view) 5 habitus (dorsal view) 6 head (frontal view) 7 - 11 Eumenes punctatus, female 7 habitus (lateral view) 8 habitus (dorsal view) 9 head (frontal view) 10 - 11 variation of face markings 12 - 14 Eumenes quadratus quadratus, female 12 habitus (lateral view) 13 habitus (dorsal view) 14 head (frontal view).

Figures 132 - 138. Eumenes punctatus 132 female collecting construction material 133 group of cells on a branch of Rosemary 134 Eumenes quadratus quadratus 134 female completing a brood cell 135 - 138 Allorhynchium chinense 135 female at nest building the resin collar at the entrance 136 typical nest in a bamboo segment showing two cells. The first cell with post feeding larva, the second cell with feeding larva with prey, cell un-closed 137 a pupa 138 cocoon of a Chrysididae inside a nest.