Labus philippinensis Giordani Soika, 1986

Li, Ting-Jing & Carpenter, James M., 2018, A taxonomic account of the genus Labus de Saussure, 1867 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) with descriptions of three new species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 65, pp. 23-46 : 23

Labus philippinensis Giordani Soika, 1986

Figs 32-35

Labus philippinensis Giordani Soika, 1986: 78; Gusenleitner 1988: 196; Girish Kumar et al. 2014: 36.

Material examined.

2♂♂, Philipphines , Laguna, I.R.R. I. Univ. Phil. Los Banos, 13.III.1980, J.Kojima (AMNH) ; 1♂, Philipphines , Bataan Prov. Luzon, Dinalupihan Municipality, 5.5 mi. w. of Culo, 16.IX.1945, P.I. Richard Dow (AMNH) ; 1♀, Philipphines , Pampanga Prov. Luzon, Road west of Ft. Stotsepburg, 4.X.1945, P.I. Richard Dow (AMNH) .

Diagnosis.

Body (Figs 32-33 ) length 6.5-7.5 mm; clypeus distinctly punctate (Figs 34-35 ); head in frontal view as long as wide, its sides rounded (Figs 34-35 ); propodeum posteriorly on each side with a moderate tooth above the apical spine formed by the submarginal carina; petiole long and slender, total length of petiole 7.88 × basal width and 2.67 × apical width, swollen part of metasomal petiole much less (0.83 ×) than half of the length of the petiole.

Distribution.

Philippines.

Figures

Figures 32 - 35. Labus philippinensis Giordani Soika, 1986. 32 habitus, ♀ 33 habitus, ♂ 34 head in frontal view, ♀ 35 head in frontal view, ♂.