Biology:Polistes lanio

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Short description: Species of paper wasp

Polistes lanio
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In Brazil
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Tribe: Polistini
Genus: Polistes
Species:
P. lanio
Binomial name
Polistes lanio
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Giordani Soika, 1965 Fabricius, 1775
  • Aphanilopterus vagabundus Vespa lanio
  • Meunier, 1888 Polistes canadensis trinitatis

Polistes lanio is a species of paper wasp and one of several species in the subgenus Polistes (Aphanilopterus) known as a jack Spaniard wasp.

Distribution

This species occurs throughout South America and on Trinidad.[1][2]

Subspecies

This 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Richards, Owain Westmacott (1978). The social wasps of the Americas, excluding the Vespinae. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 477–488. ISBN 0565007858. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Carpenter, James M. (1996). "Distributional checklist of the species of the genus Polistes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae, Polistini)". American Museum Novitates (3188): 1–39. https://www.academia.edu/1155268. Retrieved 27 August 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14422590 entry