Discoelius Latreille, 1809

Zhou, Xin, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-jing, 2013, Two new species of the genus Discoelius Latreille (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from China, with a key to the Chinese species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 32, pp. 45-54 : 46-47

Genus Discoelius Latreille

Discoelius Latreille, 1809: 140; Saussure 1852: 24; Yasumatsu 1934: 3; Vecht and Fischer 1972: 2; Li 1985: 80; Carpenter 1986: 68; Vecht and Carpenter 1990: 19; Yamane 1990: 22; Yamane 1996: 111; Kim 2005: 111.

Type species.

Vespa zonalis Panzer, 1801.

Diagnosis.

Mandible short: not distinctly crossing each other, just a small apical portion overlapping. Clypeus transverse, with widely rounded or somewhat truncate apical margin. Antennal scape somewhat depressed in both sexes. Vertex and gena more or less convex. Mesoscutum with notaulices for its whole length. Metasomal segment 1 less than half as broad as segment 2; both terga 1 and 2 petiolate. Mid tibia with two apical spurs ( Kim 2005).

Distribution.

China (Hebei, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hunan, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Guangdong, Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Taiwan); Palaearctic and Oriental regions.