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The south Asian genus Cladobethylus Kieffer, 1922, is reviewed, with a key to the species. Five new species are described, one from the island of Borneo (Cl. darlingi), two from Thailand (Cl. densepunctatus and Cl. thailandicus), one from Korea (Cl. koreensis), and one from Sumatra (acehensis).

Generic placement of the amisegine species Atoposega decorata Kimsey, 1995, is reexamined and is moved to the new genus, Noumeasega. In addition, three new species, N. bicolorata, N. kaoriensis and N. neocaledonica, also from New Caledonia are described and placed in Noumeasega. Traits that distinguish Noumeasega from Atoposega Krombein, 1957 and Mahinda Krombein, 1983, are described, and a key to the species is provided along with distribution map and images. In addition, unlike Atoposega, males are associated with females in Noumeasega.Copyright Helmuth Aguirre et al.

Twelve species of the brachycistidine genus Colocistis Krombein, 1942 are reviewed and two new species, Colocistis chemsaki and C. oaxacana, are described from Baja California and Oaxaca, Mexico respectively. A key to the species and species distribution maps are provided. Copyright Lynn S. Kimsey, Marius S. Wasbauer.

This biography of the Hungarian/Romanian/Israeli hymenopterist Qabir Argaman (= Carol Nagy) provides a list of his publications (except for newspaper articles) and the new taxa and new replacement names he proposed. Dr. Argaman began his career in Hungary, publishing under the name Carol Nagy. He later moved to Romania and finally moved to Israel, where he assumed the name Qabir Argaman. In total, he published 84 articles on the order Hymenoptera and described 348 new taxa (2 families, 11 subfamilies, 58 tribes, 153 genera or subgenera, and 125 species or subspecies) in 15 families, as well as 1 new species of Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The species of the brachycistidine genus Acanthetropis are reviewed. A key to the species is provided along with distribution maps. One species, A. normalis Malloch, 1926, is relegated to synonymy under A. aequalis (Fox, 1899). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Two new species of amisegine chrysidids, Cladobethylus insularis and Exova tunana, are described. Both species were reared from eggs of the stick insect, Eurycantha insularis Lucas (Phasmatidae), collected from infestations of oil palm pests in Papua New Guinea. This is the first host record for either genus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The species of paper wasps in the tribe Vespini, family Vespidae from America North of Mexico are reviewed, including a new identification key to the genera and species, complete synonymy, distribution and biology. This fauna includes six species of Dolichovespula Rohwer, three species of Vespa Linnaeus and 13 species of Vespula Thomson. No Holarctic species are recognized, with the result that Dolichovespula arctica (Rohwer) and Vespula intermedia (du Buysson) are again recognized as species, while Vespula infernalis (de Saussure) is given new status as a species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]