Polistes (Polistella) sagittarius de Saussure, 1854

Selis, Marco, 2018, Revision of the genus Polistes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) in the Philippine Islands, Zootaxa 4531 (4), pp. 507-531 : 519

Polistes (Polistella) sagittarius de Saussure, 1854

( Figs. 41–42 )

Polistes sagittarius de Saussure 1854: 56 , ♀ —“Les Indes-Orientales, la Chine ” (syntypes MHN and BMNH).

Diagnosis. Recognized by the weak striation of pronotum and the absence of a distinct angle between dorsal and lateral pronotal faces ( Fig. 42 ).

Material examined. No available specimens from Philippine Islands in this study.

Distribution. India; Nepal; China; Hong Kong; Myanmar; Thailand; Malaysia; Singapore; Indonesia; Vietnam; Philippine Islands: Palawan ( Bequaert 1940; Carpenter 1996b).

Figures

FIGURES 38–42. 38–40, Polistes (Polistella) philippinensis de Saussure, 1854, ♂. 41–42, Polistes (Polistella) sagittarius de Saussure, 1854, ♀. 38, Head in frontal view. 39, Antenna in lateral view. 40, S7 in ventral view. 41, Habitus. 42, Pronotum in dorso-lateral view.