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

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); interocellar distance equal or less than diameter of the posterior ocellus ( Fig. 113); first metasomal sternite without margin at base ( Fig. 115)...................................... nigritarsis Cameron

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