Polistes lanio is a species of paper wasp and one of several species in the subgenus Polistes (Aphanilopterus) known as a jack Spaniard wasp.
Polistes lanio | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Vespidae |
Subfamily: | Polistinae |
Tribe: | Polistini |
Genus: | Polistes |
Species: | P. lanio
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Binomial name | |
Polistes lanio (Fabricius, 1775)
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Synonyms | |
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Distribution
editThis species occurs throughout South America and on Trinidad.[1][2]
Subspecies
editThis species is divided into the following subspecies:[1][2]
- Polistes lanio lanio (Fabricius, 1775)
- Polistes lanio satanulus Bequaert 1940
- Polistes lanio weberi Bequaert 1940
References
edit- ^ a b Richards, Owain Westmacott (1978). The social wasps of the Americas, excluding the Vespinae. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 477–488. ISBN 0565007858.
- ^ a b Carpenter, James M. (1996). "Distributional checklist of the species of the genus Polistes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae, Polistini)". American Museum Novitates (3188): 1–39. Retrieved 27 August 2020.