Labus de Saussure, 1867

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

Genus Labus de Saussure, 1867

Labus de Saussure, 1867: 3; van der Vecht 1935: 157; 1963: 5; Gusenleitner 1988: 174-177, 188-198; Girish Kumar et al. 2014: 29-30.

Type species.

Labus spiniger de Saussure, 1867, by subsequent designation of Bingham (1897).

Diagnosis.

Body slender; in female frons with fovea in front of the anterior ocellus; tegula not exceeding parategula posteriorly; pronotum usually without normal transverse carina; metanotum dentiform mesally; submarginal carina of propodeum produced posteriorly; propodeal valvula elongate, rectangular; second submarginal cell of forewing forming obtuse angle basally; midtibia with one spur; metasoma petiolate, petiole abruptly swollen apically ( Girish Kumar et al. 2014).

Distribution.

Oriental Region.