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- Title
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.
- Authors
Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen; Thuong Thi Vu; Lee, John X. Q.; Carpenter, James M.
- Abstract
Taxonomic notes are presented on the Polistes stigma species group of the subgenus Polistella Ashmead, 1904, of the genus Polistes Latreille, 1802, in continental Southeast Asia. Three new species are described and illustrated: Polistes brunus Nguyen & Carpenter, new species; P. communalis Nguyen, Vu & Carpenter, new species; and P. tenebris Nguyen & Lee, new species. A key to these species is provided. Their nests are also described.
- Subjects
POLISTES; PAPER wasps; ANIMAL species; INSECT nests; HABITATS
- Publication
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2017, Vol 65, p269
- ISSN
0217-2445
- Publication type
Article