Polistes stigma is a species of paper wasp from the Paleotropics.[1]
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| P. stigma tamulus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Polistinae |
| Genus: | Polistes |
| Species: | P. stigma
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| Binomial name | |
| Polistes stigma Fabricius, 1793
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Distribution edit
P. stigma is widely distributed from India south to Australia and east to Taiwan and Fiji.[1]
Subspecies edit
There are 19 described subspecies, most of which are island endemics. The exceptions are P. s. bernardii in Australia and New Guinea, P. s. stigma in Mainland Southeast Asia and Indonesia, P. s. townsvillensis in Australia, and P. s. tamulus in India and Sri Lanka.[1]
- Polistes stigma alagari Petersen, 1987
- Polistes stigma bernardii Le Guillou, 1841
- Polistes stigma dubius de Saussure, 1867
- Polistes stigma galatheae Petersen, 1987
- Polistes stigma goestai Petersen, 1987
- Polistes stigma jani Petersen, 1987
- Polistes stigma maculipennis de Saussure, 1853
- Polistes stigma madsi Petersen, 1987
- Polistes stigma manillensis de Saussure, 1853
- Polistes stigma nebulosus Yamane & Kusigemati, 1985
- Polistes stigma novarae de Saussure, 1867
- Polistes stigma papuanus Schulz, 1905
- Polistes stigma pouli Petersen, 1987
- Polistes stigma sauiensis Petersen, 1987
- Polistes stigma stigma (Fabricius, 1793)
- Polistes stigma svendi Petersen, 1987
- Polistes stigma tamulus (Fabricius, 1798)[2]
- Polistes stigma townsvillensis Giordani Soika, 1975
- Polistes stigma tualensis Petersen, 1987
Gallery edit
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P. s. bernardii in Australia -
P. s. stigma in Thailand -
P. s. tamulus foundress in India -
P. s. tamulus larva with jaws open -
P. s. tamulus egg and larvae -
P. s. townsvillensis in Australia
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References edit
- ^ a b c Carpenter, James M. (1996). "Distributional Checklist of Species of the Genus Polistes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae, Polistini)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3188): 1–39. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ Castro, Leopoldo; Dvořák, Libor (2009). "New and noteworthy records of vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from the Palaearctic region (II)". Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (44): 295–304. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
External links edit
Media related to Polistes stigma at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Polistes stigma at Wikispecies
