Polistes olivaceus ( De Geer, 1773 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.5.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6095202 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038A3B2F-A714-8E09-FF24-281EFC728A18 |
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Polistes olivaceus ( De Geer, 1773 ) |
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Polistes olivaceus ( De Geer, 1773) View in CoL
( Figs 27 View FIGURE 27 a–b)
Vespa olivacea De Geer, 1773: 582 , pl. 29, fig. 9, “Amérique” (? Stockholm). Vespa hebraea Fabricius, 1787: 292 , “in India orientali” (København).
Vespa undata Olivier, 1792: 684 , “Indes orientales” (type depository unknown). Vespa macaensis Fabricius, 1793: 259 , “in Macao Indiae” (London).
Material examined. Islamabad, 19.ix.12, 3♀; Rawalpindi, 14.iv.12, 2♀; Attock, 20.v.12, 1♀, 26.v.12, 1♀; Chakwal, 16.iv.12, 2♀; Jhelum, 1.vi.13, 2♀.
Distribution. Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Australia, New Caledonia, Chile, Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia Egypt, New Zealand, India, Nepal, Oman, Mauritius, Philippines, Madagascar, Singapore, Japan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Fiji, Thailand, Laos, Tonga, Vietnam and introduced into Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand ( Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Mahmood et al. 2012).
Comments. Collected specimens were compared with the published description of Polistes olivaceus De Geer given by Mahmood et al. (2012). This species is distinguished by the thorax and mesopleuron yellow orange with black markings. New locality records have been provided for this species.
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Polistes olivaceus ( De Geer, 1773 )
Siddiqui, Junaid Ali, Bodlah, Imran, Carpenter, James M., Naeem, Muhammad, Ahmad, Munir & Bodlah, Muhammad Adnan 2015 |
Vespa undata
Fabricius 1793: 259 |
Olivier 1792: 684 |
Vespa olivacea De Geer, 1773 : 582
Fabricius 1787: 292 |
De 1773: 582 |