title: Review of the Polistes (Polistella) "Stenopolistes" species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) from Vietnam, with description of a new species and key to species.
abstract: The "Stenopolistes" species-group of the subgenus Polistella Ashmead, 1904 comprising in Vietnam by six species. Polistes adsimilis Nguyen & Carpenter sp. nov. is described and figured. Polistes khasianus Cameron, 1900 is confirmed to occur in Vietnam, P. pallidus Gusenleitner, 2011 is newly recorded from Vietnam. A key to Vietnamese species is provided. The nest of P. khasianus is described.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Rd., Nghia Do, Cau giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.; Email: phuonglientit@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Lien T P
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024 U.S.A.; Email: carpente@amnh.org.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Carpenter
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D014744:Vietnam; D014863:Wasps / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development