New records of hover wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Stenogastrinae) from Bhutan

New records of hover wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Stenogastrinae) from Bhutan

Two species of the subfamily Stenogastrinae, Parischnogaster mellyi (de Saussure, 1852) and (Bingham, 1897), are reported from the subtropical region of Bhutan for the first time.   Distribution supported with GPS positions and main identification characters supported with micrographs have been give...

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Main Authors: Tshering Nidup, Wim Klein, Phurpa Dorji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Subjects:
eustenogaster scitula
hover wasps
micrographs
nest structure
new reports
parischnogaster mellyi.
Online Access:https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/3204
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spelling doaj-5396129ea8bb4632942b41a9d1d8628f2020-11-25T02:29:48ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072017-07-0197104871048910.11609/jott.3204.9.7.10487-104893204New records of hover wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Stenogastrinae) from BhutanTshering Nidup0Wim Klein1Phurpa Dorji2Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan.Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands.Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN), Bhutan.Two species of the subfamily Stenogastrinae, Parischnogaster mellyi (de Saussure, 1852) and (Bingham, 1897), are reported from the subtropical region of Bhutan for the first time.   Distribution supported with GPS positions and main identification characters supported with micrographs have been given for the observed species.  Notes on the nest structure and location of P. mellyi (de Saussure, 1852) are provided as observed from the active nest.https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/3204eustenogaster scitulahover waspsmicrographsnest structurenew reportsparischnogaster mellyi.
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author Tshering Nidup
Wim Klein
Phurpa Dorji
spellingShingle Tshering Nidup
Wim Klein
Phurpa Dorji
New records of hover wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Stenogastrinae) from Bhutan
Journal of Threatened Taxa
eustenogaster scitula
hover wasps
micrographs
nest structure
new reports
parischnogaster mellyi.
author_facet Tshering Nidup
Wim Klein
Phurpa Dorji
author_sort Tshering Nidup
title New records of hover wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Stenogastrinae) from Bhutan
title_short New records of hover wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Stenogastrinae) from Bhutan
title_full New records of hover wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Stenogastrinae) from Bhutan
title_fullStr New records of hover wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Stenogastrinae) from Bhutan
title_full_unstemmed New records of hover wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Stenogastrinae) from Bhutan
title_sort new records of hover wasps (hymenoptera: vespidae: stenogastrinae) from bhutan
publisher Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
series Journal of Threatened Taxa
issn 0974-7893
0974-7907
publishDate 2017-07-01
description Two species of the subfamily Stenogastrinae, Parischnogaster mellyi (de Saussure, 1852) and (Bingham, 1897), are reported from the subtropical region of Bhutan for the first time.   Distribution supported with GPS positions and main identification characters supported with micrographs have been given for the observed species.  Notes on the nest structure and location of P. mellyi (de Saussure, 1852) are provided as observed from the active nest.
topic eustenogaster scitula
hover wasps
micrographs
nest structure
new reports
parischnogaster mellyi.
url https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/3204
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