Paraleptomenes communis Giordani Soika, 1994

Nguyen, Lien Thi Phuong & Nguyen, Cuong Quang, 2020, New record of the genus Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Vietnam, with description of one new species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68, pp. 132-136 : 134-136

Paraleptomenes communis Giordani Soika, 1994

( Figs. 7–11 )

Paraleptomenes communis Giordani Soika, 1994 , Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. “ G. Doria ” 90: 124 (key), 129, female, male - “ Giava: ... Pasoeroean” (holotype female Venezia).

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other species of the genus Paraleptomenes by the following combination of characters: female clypeus with longitudinal depressed part at the middle ( Fig. 7 ), punctures at apical margin larger than those on the other part; scutellum convex; metanotum oblique; propodeum with unpunctured part on posterior surface large and shiny ( Fig. 9 ); terga I and II ( Fig. 10 ) covered with sparse and strong punctures, tergum II without hump. Pronotum with two large yellow marks, almost coalesced.

This species is recorded in Vietnam for the first time.

Material examined. 1 female ( IEBR), Gia Lai, Chu Se, Ia Pal , waterfall, 13°39′46.2″N 108°08′04.2″E, alt. 369 m, 20 July 2012, Nguyen Thi Phuong Lien .

Distribution. India: Kerala; Thailand; Malaysia; Singapore; Indonesia: Java; Bali; Vietnam (new record).

Figures

Figs. 7–11. Paraleptomenes communis, female. 7, Head in frontal view. 8, Vertex and pronotum in dorsal view. 9, Propodeum in dorsal view. 10, Tergum I & II in dorsal view. 11, Habitus. Scale = 1 mm.