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Symmorphus (Symmorphus) ambotretus Cumming 1989

  • 1. Royal Society for Protection of Nature, Thimphu, Bhutan.
  • 2. Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan, Kanglung, Bhutan.
  • 3. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands.
  • 4. College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan, Lobesa, Bhutan.
  • 5. Independent Researcher. anthonydaglio 88 @ yahoo. com
  • 6. National Biodiversity Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Forest, Thimphu, Bhutan.

Description

30. Symmorphus (Symmorphus) ambotretus Cumming, 1989

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Symmorphus ambotretus Cumming, 1989: 5, 21 (key), 28, female, male (in subgenus Symmorphus)—“ Mt [.] Omei [Emei Shan]/ Szechuen [Sichuan Province] China / 4400 ft ” (holotype female USNM); also, from another locality; and Nepal; fig. 11, 13.

Materials examined: NBCB-00560, 20.v.2017, 1 ♀, Bumdeling, Trashi Yangtse, Bhutan (27°39'45.2"N & 91°26'04.9"E, 1974 m), Leg.: Phurpa Dorji & Wim Klein.

Distribution: Bhutan (new record): Trashi Yangtse. Elsewhere: India; Nepal; China; Korea (Gawas et al. 2020; Kim 2017; Kumar et al. 2018; Li & Chen 2014b).

Notes

Published as part of Dorji, Phurpa, Nidup, Tshering, Klein, Wim, Dorji, Cheten, Daglio, Anthony & Gyeltshen, Choki, 2022, An annotated checklist of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of Bhutan with new records, pp. 301-332 in Zootaxa 5150 (3) on page 312, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6622906

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References

  • Gawas, S. M., Kumar, P. G., Pannure, A., Gupta, A. & Carpenter, J. M. (2020) An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa, 4784 (1), 1 - 87. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4784.1.1
  • Kim, J. K. (2017) Descriptions of three new species of the genus Symmorphus Wesmael, 1836 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from South Korea, with an updated revised key to Far Eastern species. Zootaxa, 4350 (2), 234 - 250. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4350.2.2
  • Li, T. J. & Chen, B. (2014 b) The taxonomic accounts of the genus Symmorphus Wesmael (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from China, with descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys, 389, 9 - 26. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 389.7045