new records of the vespid wasps (hymenoptera: vespidae) from russia

New records of 29 species of vespid wasps (hymenoptera: vespidae) from russia are reported. four species are newly recorded from russia: ancistrocerus terekensis (kostylev, 1940), eustenancistrocerus tegularis (morawitz, 1885), symmorphus cliens giordani soika, 1975, and polistes foederatus kohl, 1898. for the remaining 24 species, new records from various regions of russia are reported. nest records are documented for allodynerus mandschuricus blüthgen, 1953, eumenes transbaicalicus kurzenko, 1984, symmorphus apiciornatus (cameron, 1911), as well as p. foederatus. the number of vespid wasps known from russia has increased to 39 genera and 215 species across five subfamilies: masarinae (one genus, four species), eumeninae s. str. (33 genera, 170 species), zethinae (one genus, three species), polistinae (one genus, 15 species), and vespinae (three genera, 23 species).