Labus pusillus van der Vecht, 1963

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 pusillus van der Vecht, 1963

Figs 36-41

Labus pusillus van der Vecht, 1963: 6; Gusenleitner 1987: 255; 1988: 188, 191; 2006: 687; Girish Kumar et al. 2014: 30-34.

Material examined.

1♀ 1♂, Sri Lanka, Central Pro., Kandy Dist. Vic. Randenigala Rantembe Sanct. 07°13'N, 80°57'E, 13.VIII.1999, MT M. & J. Wasbauer (AMNH) ; 1♀, Sri Lanka, Central Prov., Kandy Dist. U. Peradeniya Gannoruwa Forest Area , 250 m, 07°17'N, 80°36'E, 13-14.VIII.1999, MT M. & J. Wasbauer (AMNH) ; 1♀, Sri Lanka, Central Prov., Kandy Dist. U. Peradeniya Hantana Mt. , 7°15'N, 80°37'E, 10-14.VIII.1999, MT M. & J. Wasbauer (AMNH) ; 1♂, Sri Lanka, Nilgala Uva Prov., 1-14. VII. 1968, P. B. Karunaratne (AMNH) ; 1♀ 1♂, Vietnam, Nghē An Prov., Khe Bo , 19°03'N, 104°43'E, 123 m, 25-28.IV.1998, James M. Carpenter (AMNH) ; 1♀, Vietnam, Ha Giang Prov., Du Gia commune, 22°54'N, 105°14'E, 680 m, 29-30.IV.2000, James M. Carpenter (AMNH) ; 1♂, India: Cherangode, Nilgiri Hills 3500, V, 1950, P. S. Nathan ; 1♀, Sri Lanka, Colomlo ; 2♀ 1♂, China, Yunnan Prov., Lijiang City, Yulong County, Shudi valley , 4. V. 2004, Ting-Jing Li (CQNU) ; 1♀, China, Yunnan Prov., Kunming City, Ciba Town, Helongtan mountain , 19.VI.2002, Peng Wang (CQNU) ; 1♂, China, Yunnan Prov., Dali City, Gucheng Town, Yitasi , 19.VIII. 2003, Ming Luo (YNAU) ; 1♂, China, Yunnan Prov., Puer City, Jingdong County, nearby Chuan river , 28.IV.2004, Kai Wu (YNAU) ; 1♀, China, Yunnan Prov., Wenshan City, Qiubei County, Liulangdong , 3.V.2004, Peng Wang (CQNU) ; 1♀, China, Yunnan Prov., Puer City, Jingdong County, Xujiaba , 30.IV.2005, Li Ma (YNAU) ; 1♀, China, Yunnan Prov., Baoshan City, Lujiang Ba, Pumanshao , 17.VII.2006, Rui Zhang (YNAU) ; 2♀♀ 2♂♂, China, Sichuan Prov., Panzhihua City, Miyi County, Baima , 29.VII.2011, Ting-Jing Li (CQNU) ; 1♀, China, Sichuan Prov., Liangshan City, Dechang County, Yonglang Town , 1.VIII.2011, Tingjing Li (CQNU) .

Diagnosis.

Body (Figs 36 , 39 ) length 6.0-7.5 mm; the median portion of clypeus (Figs 37-38 ) slightly more produced, its emargination narrower medially and lateral teeth sharper; propodeum posteriorly on each side without a tooth above the apical spine formed by the submarginal carina (Fig. 40 ); the linear part of metasomal petiole (Fig. 41 ) moderately long and slender, and slightly rugosely punctate, total length of petiole 6.53 × basal width and 2.45 × apical width, swollen part of metasomal petiole longer than (1.06 ×) half of the length of the petiole; in some specimens swollen part of metasomal petiole apically ferrugineous.

Distribution.

China (new record); Vietnam (new record); India; Sri Lanka; Nepal.

Figures

Figures 36 - 41. Labus pusillus van der Vecht, 1963. 36 habitus, ♀ 37 head in frontal view, ♀ 38 head in frontal view, ♂ 39 habitus, ♂ 40 propodeum in dorsal view, ♀ 41 metasomal petiole, ♀.