Polistes rubellus Gusenleitner, 2006

Dvořák, Libor & Castro, Leopoldo, 2007, New and noteworthy records of vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from the Palaearctic region, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47, pp. 229-236 : 233

Polistes rubellus Gusenleitner, 2006

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Material examined. NEPAL: GANDAKI AREA, Annapurna region, Chandrakot, 20.vi.1999, 1 ♀, A. Kudrna jr. leg., L. Dvořák det. & coll., J. Gusenleitner revid.

This recently described species was only known from the type series of 7 ♀♀ from Sikkim in northern India ( GUSENLEITNER 2006: 684-685). First record from Nepal.

VESPINAE

Figures

Figs. 1-6. 1 – Euodynerus reflexus (Brullé, 1839), ♀ from Gran Canaria, Spain; 2 – Hemipterochilus bicoloricornis (Giordani Soika, 1952), ♀ from Antalya province, Turkey; 3 – Katamenes tauricus tauricus (de Saussure, 1855), ♀ from the Tuva Republic, Russia; 4 – Microdynerus latro Blüthgen, 1955, ♁ from Dimashq province, Syria; 5 – Pseudepipona tricolor Gusenleitner, 1976,♀ from Batys Qazaqstan province, Kazakhstan; 6 – Polistes rubellus Gusenleitner, 2006, ♀ from the Gandaki area, Nepal. 1, 4, 6 – photo: L. Dvořák; 2, 3, 5 – photo: L. Castro.