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Dorji P, Klein W, Nidup T. Taxonomic study of social vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae & Polistinae) in Bhutan. J. Insect Biodivers. Syst 2017; 3 (2) :91-104
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Taxonomic study of social vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae & Polistinae) in Bhutan
Phurpa Dorji * 1, Wim Klein2 , Tshering Nidup3
1- Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN), Thimphu, Bhutan.|School of Life Science, Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan, Kanglung, Bhutan.
2- Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands.
3- School of Life Science, Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan, Kanglung, Bhutan.
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The social vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae and Polistinae) was studied in Bhutan during 2014-2016. A total of fifteen species were collected and identified that all of them are reported as new records from Bhutan: Vespa vivax Smith, V. velutina variana van der Vecht, V. fumida van der Vecht, Dolichovespula lama (du Buysson), Vespula flaviceps Smith, V. nursei Archer, V. vulgaris (Linnaeus), V. structor (Smith), Polistes (Polistella) nigritarsus (Cameron), Parapolybia varia (Fabricius), P. nodosa van der Vecht, Ropalidia artifex (de Saussure), R. stigma (Smith), R. ornaticeps (Cameron) and R. rufoplagiata gravelyi (Dover & Rao). Diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of all species are presented.
Keywords: Hornets, Yellow jackets, Paper wasps, new records, Bhutan
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Article Type: Research article | Subject: Systematics/Coleoptera
Received: 2017/02/17 | Accepted: 2017/03/1 | Published: 2017/06/1
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