Malayepipona Giordani Soika, 1993

Bai, Yue, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2021, Two newly recorded genera Malayepipona Giordani Soika and Megaodynerus Gusenleitner, with eight new species from China (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae), Zootaxa 5060 (3), pp. 371-391 : 372

Genus Malayepipona Giordani Soika, 1993

Malayepipona Giordani Soika, 1993: 151 , genus.

Type species Malayepipona pagdeni Giordani Soika, 1993 , by original designation and monotypy.

Diagnosis. This genus was considered to be similar to the genus Stenodyneriellus by Giordani Soika (1993). Compared with other Oriental genera, it is like Allorhynchium and Okinawepipona in habitus and in having the dorsal surface of T1 truncate and clearly separated from the anterior vertical surface, the latter slight convex. It can be easily distinguished from Allorhynchium by the following character: tegula ( Figs 7 , 17 , 28, 37, 47 , 57, 65, 74) more than twice as long as wide, its posterior lobe narrow, well developed and shaped like a long triangle, and posteriorly exceeding the apex of parategula. And it can be separated from Okinawepipona by the following characters: maxillary palp six segmented and labial palp four segmented.

Distribution. Oriental Region.

Figures

FIGURES 1–9. Malayepipona brunnea sp. nov., holotype, ♀. 1. Habitus, dorsal view; 2. Head, frontal view; 3. Head, dorsal view; 4. Mesosoma, lateral view; 5. Propodeum, posterior view; 6. T2–T3, dorsal view; 7. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 8. Metasoma, dorsal view; 9. Metasoma, ventral view.

FIGURES 10–21. Malayepipona flaviclypeata sp. nov., 10, 12, 14, 16–20, holotype, ♀; 11, 13, 15, 21, paratype, ♂. 10–11. Habitus, dorsal view; 12–13. Head, frontal view; 14–15. Head, dorsal view; 16. Mesosoma, lateral view; 17. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 18. Propodeum, posterior view; 19. Metasoma, dorsal view; 20. Metasoma, ventral view; 21. antenna

FIGURES 40–50. Malayepipona nigricans sp. nov., 40, 42, 44–45, 47–50, holotype, ♀; 41, 43, 46, paratype, ♂. 40–41. Habitus, dorsal view; 42–43. Head, frontal view; 44. Head, dorsal view; 45. Mesosoma, lateral view; 46, antenna; 47. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 48. Propodeum, posterior view; 49. Metasoma, dorsal view; 50. Metasoma, ventral view.