Polistes, Latreille, 1802

Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, P. Girish, Gupta, Ankita & Sureshan, P. M., 2019, Checklist of vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Goa, India, with new records and a key to species, Zootaxa 4585 (2), pp. 269-294 : 288

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6EBE7177-CA1E-44AD-8091-E2EA3D1EDBF1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5940330

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Polistes
status

 

Key to the species of genus Polistes occurring in Goa, India

(modified from Das & Gupta 1989)

1. Jugal lobe on hind wing reduced ( Fig. 111 View FIGURES 105–116 ); interocellar distance equal or less than diameter of the posterior ocellus ( Fig. 113 View FIGURES 105–116 ); first metasomal sternite without margin at base ( Fig. 115 View FIGURES 105–116 )...................................... nigritarsis Cameron

- Jugal lobe on hind wing large ( Fig. 112 View FIGURES 105–116 ); interocellar distance more than diameter of the posterior ocellus ( Fig. 114 View FIGURES 105–116 ); first metasomal sternite with well developed margin at base ( Fig. 116 View FIGURES 105–116 ).......................... stigma tamulus (Fabricius)

Das, B. P. & Gupta, V. K. (1989) The social wasps of India and the adjacent countries (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Oriental Insects Monograph, 11, 1 - 292. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.1989.11835532

Gallery Image

FIGURES 105–116. 105–106 Propodeum. 105, Antepipona pruthii; 106, Antepipona ovalis. 107–108 Metasoma, dorsal view. 107, Ropalidia cyathiformis; 108, Polistes (Polistella) stigma tumulus. 109–110 Mesosoma, lateral view. 109, Ropalidia cyathiformis; 110, Polistes (Polistella) stigma tumulus. 111–112 Hind wing. 111, Polistes (Polistella) nigritarsis; 112, Polistes (Polistella) stigma tumulus. 113–114 Head, dorsal view. 113, Polistes (Polistella) nigritarsis; 114, Polistes (Polistella) stigma tumulus. 115–116 Metasoma, ventral view. 115, Polistes (Polistella) nigritarsis; 116, Polistes (Polistella) stigma tumulus.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae