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)

Figures

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.