Polistes (Polistella) stigma (Fabricius, 1793)

Kumar, P. Girish & Rajmohana, K., 2018, Taxonomic studies on Wasps of Kottooli and Thalassery-Dharmadam Mangroves of Kerala (Insecta: Hymenoptera), Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4), pp. 337-349 : 338

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/119059
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scientific name	Polistes (Polistella) stigma
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1. Polistes (Polistella) stigma View in CoL tamulus ( Fabricius, 1798) (Fig. 1)

1798. Vespa tamula Fabricius , 263. Type ♀, “in India Orientali , Dom Daldorff ” ( ZMUK) .

1996. Polistes (Polistella) stigma tamulus; Carpenter: 16.

Material examined: INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode district, Kottooli wetland, 2 ♀, 7.v.2016 , Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/ WGRC /I.R-INV.8932 & 8933 ; Kerala, Kannur district, Thalassery mangroves, 1 ♀ & 1 ♂ ,

21.v.2016, Coll. Sruthi, ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.-INV.6800 & 6801 .

Diagnosis: S1 without distinct margin at base; T1 about as long as wide; median groove of propodeum shallow, with close fine transverse striations; forewing with subapical fuscous cloud.

Distribution: India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Vietnam ( Sheikh et al., 2017).