Polistes (Polistella) stigma stigma ( Fabricius, 1793 )

Nguyen, Lien Thi Phuong, Vu, Thuong Thi, Lee, John, X. Q. & Carpenter, James M., 2017, Taxonomic notes on the Polistes stigma group (Hymenoptera, Vespidae: Polistinae) from continental Southeast Asia, with descriptions of three new species and a key to species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65, pp. 269-279 : 272

Polistes (Polistella) stigma stigma ( Fabricius, 1793)

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Vespa stigma Fabricius, 1793: 275 – “in India orientali” (The lectotype was designated by Petersen (1987: 234), in the Fabrician collection in Copenhagen).

Material examined. VIETNAM ( IEBR): Dong Nai : 5 females, Nam Cat Tien NP, Tan Phu, Nest #VNM- Poli- 2005-4, 8 August 2005, coll. L. T . P. Nguyen & J. Kojima ; Son La: 1 female, Quang Huy , Phu Yen, 21°15′50″N, 104°38′56″E, 18 June 2015, coll. D.D. Nguyen, IEBR . SINGAPORE ( ZRC): Jalan Bahar : 1 female, Jalan Bahar, Lorong Danau , 1°21′32.0″N, 103°41′27.9″E, 3 March 2012, coll. J.X.Q. Lee ; 1 female, Mandai, Night Safari , 1°24′10.9″N, 103°47′15.1″E, 11 August 2015, coll. J.X.Q. Lee ; 1 female, Pasir Ris Park , 1°22′45.8″N, 103°56′59.3″E, 29 May 2014, coll. J. S. Ascher, E. J. Y. Soh, S. X. Chui et al .; 1 male, 2 females, Kranji Nature Trail , coordinates unknown, 15 March 2008, collected by Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve volunteers, NUS .

Distribution. Thailand; Malaysia; Singapore; Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok; China: Hongkong; Taiwan; Vietnam.

Figures

Figs. 1–6. Polistes stigma. 1–4, Polistes s. stigma, female. 1, Head, frontal view; 2, Propodeum, dorsal view; 3, Head & thorax, lateral view; 4, Habitus. 5–6, P. s. tamulus, female. 5, Head, frontal view; 6, Habitus. Scale bar = 1 mm.