Polistes (Polistella) meadeanus

Nguyen, Lien T. P. & Carpenter, James M., 2016, Review of the Polistes (Polistella) " Stenopolistes " species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) from Vietnam, with description of a new species and key to species, Zootaxa 4088 (4), pp. 583-593 : 586

Polistes (Polistella) meadeanus (von Schulthess, 1913)

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Parapolybia meadeana von Schulthess, 1913: 161, ♀, ♂ —“ Kina Balu, Borneo ... Perak ..., Sarawak ”, [holotype, ♀ in The Natural History Museum, London].

Polybia andrei du Buysson, 1913: 296, ♂ —“ Malacca: Pérak” (Paris).

Polybia shelfordi du Buysson, 1913: 297, ♀ —“Kuching (Borneo)” (Oxford).

Material examined. VIETNAM: Gia Lai: 3 ♀, 1 ♂, Kon Ka Kinh NP, Mang Yang, 14°11'N, 108°17'E, 700 m, Nest#TN-2012-P-01, 13.vii.2012, LTP Nguyen; 7 ♀, 6 ♂, Kon Ka Kinh NP, K Bang, Kon Pne, 14°23'N, 108°20'E, 847 m, Nest#VN-TN-2012-P-02, 17.vii.2012, LTP Nguyen.

Distribution. Polistes meadeanus was recorded only from the Tay Nguyen plateau in the southern part of Vietnam (Nguyen 2014). The reported distribution of the species is confined to southern parts of Southeast Asia, or Sunderland and the southeastern part of Indochina. Its origin is possibly in Sunderland with subsequent northward dispersal to Vietnam, but Indochina origins and subsequent southward dispersal cannot be rejected.

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FIGURES 1 – 6. 1 – 3. Polistes delhiensis, ♀. 1. Head, frontal view. 2. Fore wing. 3. Habitus. 4. Polistes meadeanus, ♀. habitus. 5, 6. Polistes nigritarsis, ♀. 5. Head, frontal view. 6. Habitus.