Polistes ( Polistella ) mandarinus

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 : 22

Polistes ( Polistella) mandarinus de Saussure 1853

( Figs 75, 77, 79 )

Polistes mandarinus de Saussure 1853: 58, Ƥ, lectotype, "Le norde de la Chine " [The Natural History Museum, London].

Material examined. CHINA: 2 Ƥ ( AMNH), Yen-Ping [1 Ƥ, 19.VIII.1917; 1 Ƥ, 10.IX.1917]; VIETNAM: 11 3, 10 Ƥ ( IEBR, IUNH), Xuan Son NP, Phu Tho, alt. 400–500 m, 11–12.IV.2004, LN; 3 3 ( IEBR), Tam Dao NP, Vinh Phuc, alt. 800 m, 4.VII.2003, LN; 1 Ƥ ( IEBR), Bach Ma NP, Thua Thien Hue, alt. 1000 m, 27.VII.2003, X.L. Truong.

Distribution. North China; Korea; Vietnam.

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.