title: Review of the paper wasps of the Parapolybia indica species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) in eastern parts of Asia.
abstract: Nine species of the Parapolybia indica species-group in eastern parts of Asia are reviewed. Four new species are described: P. flava sp. nov. (Vietnam), P. crocea sp. nov. (Japan), P. nana sp. nov. (Vietnam), and P. albida sp. nov. (Vietnam). Parapolybia indica (de Saussure, 1854), P. bioculata van der Vecht, 1966 and P. tinctipennis (Cameron, 1900) are redescribed. The status is reinstanted for P. fulvinerva (Cameron, 1900), stat. resurr. and P. tinctipennis (Cameron, 1900), stat. resurr. and new status is proposed for P. bioculata van der Vecht, 1966, stat. nov. Parapolybia tinctipennis (Cameron, 1900) is newly recorded from China, Vietnam and Laos. The key to species is given. The nests of P. indica, P. bioculata, P. tinctipennis, P. flava and P. crocea are remarked.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University, Mito, 310-8512 and Faculty of Geo-environmental Science, Rissho University, Kumagaya, 360-0194 Japan.; Email: morooka@mx.ibaraki.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Fuki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Saito-Morooka
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.; Email: phuonglientit@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Lien T P
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Natural History Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University, Mito, 310-8512 Japan and Division of Invertabrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.; Email: jkrte@mx.ibaraki.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Jun-Ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kojima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D014863:Wasps / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*