Polistes (Polistella) nipponensis Pérez 1905

Nguyen, Lien Thi Phuong, Kojima, Jun-Ichi & Saito, Fuki, 2011, Polistes (Polistella) wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) from mountainous areas of northern Vietnam, with description of five new species, Zootaxa 3060, pp. 1-30 : 24

Polistes (Polistella) nipponensis Pérez 1905

( Figs 76, 78, 80 )

Polistes nipponensis Pérez 1905: 82 , Ƥ, holotype, Yokohama, Japan [Musésum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris]. Polistes yamanakai Sonan 1937: 169 , Ƥ, holotype, Tokyo, Japan [ Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wufeng]. Junior subjective synonym of Polistes nipponensis Pérez 1905 according to Kojima et al. 2011: 60.

Material examined. JAPAN: Daigo, Ibaraki, [1 3 ( IUNH), 14.VIII.1978, JK; 2 Ƥ ( IUNH), 10.IX.2000, JK]. VIETNAM: 1 3, 2 Ƥ ( IEBR), Tam Dao NP, Vinh Phuc, alt. 800 m [1 3, 1 Ƥ, 4.VII.2003; 1 Ƥ, 12.V. 2003], LN; 1 3, 1 Ƥ ( IEBR), Cat Ba NP, Hai Phong, 15–18.VII.2003, LN; 1 Ƥ ( IEBR), Lac Thinh, Yen Thuy, Hoa Binh, 30.IV.2002, D.L. Khuat; 2 Ƥ ( IEBR, IUNH), Cuc Phuong NP, Ninh Binh, 7.V. 2002, V.T. Hoang.

Distribution. China; Japan; Vietnam (new record).

Figures

FIGURES 75 – 84. Characters of Polistes species of subgenus Polistella occurring in northern Vietnam. 75 – 80. 3. 81 – 84. Ƥ. 75, 77, 79. P. mandarinus. 76, 78, 80. P. nipponensis. 81, 83. P. adustus. 82, 84. P. nigerrimus. 75 – 76, 81. Head, frontal view. 77 – 78. terminal sterna, lateral view. 79 – 80. Aedeagus, lateral view. 82. Head, lateral view. 83 – 84. Metasomal segments 1 and 2 in lateral view. Scale 1 mm.