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Chalybion japonicum Gribodo 1882

Description

Chalybion japonicum (Gribodo, 1882) (Fig. 14)

Material examined: VIETNAM: Hoa Binh: 2 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂, Yen Thuy, 30.iii - 10.iv.2003, Malaise trap, Long Dang Khuat; 1 ♂, Da Phuc, Yen Thuy, 20-30.iv.2003, Malaise trap, Long Dang Khuat; 1 ♀, Tan Son, Mai Chau, 10- 15.iv.2010, Malaise trap, Long Dang Khuat; 3 ♀♀, 10 ♂♂, Tan Vinh, Luong Son, 2.v.2017, Phong Huy Pham. Son La: 2 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂, Chieng Bom, Thuan Chau (Copia Natural Reserve), 15.v.2017, 1010m, Phong Huy Pham; 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂, Son La ciy, 10-20.v.2017; 2 ♀♀, Son La city, 1-10.viii.2017, Malaise trap, Long Dang Khuat.

Distribution: Vietnam: Tonkin (= northern Vietnam), Ha Giang, Hanoi (Hensen 1988), Hoa Binh, Son La. Elsewhere: China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Russian Far East, Thailand, Laos.

Remarks: Hensen (1988) recorded this species for Tonkin (= northern Vietnam), but he did not show the distribution at province level. Hoa Binh and Son La are provinces belonging to north Vietnam. In the present study, C. japonicum is, hence, not newly recorded for northwest Vietnam.

Notes

Published as part of Pham, Phong Huy, Ohl, Michael & Truong, Lam Xuan, 2019, The genus Chalybion Dahlbom, 1843 (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) from Northwest Vietnam, with description of a new species, pp. 202-210 in Zootaxa 4712 (2) on page 204, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4712.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3587019

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References

  • Gribodo, G. (1882) Alcune nuove specie e nuovo genere di Imenotteri Aculeati. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 18, 261 - 268.
  • Hensen, R. (1988) Revision of the nominate subgenus Chalybion Dahlbom (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 131, 13 - 64.