Scientific Name

Polistes (Polistella) adustus Bingham 1897

Taxonomic Placement

Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae: Polistinae: Polistini: Polistes

Synonyms/Original combination

Polistes adustus Bingham, 1897: 397.

Brief diagnosis

Female: Eyes emarginate. Fore wing folded longitudinally. Fore wing with first discal cell longer than subbasal cell. Hind wing with jugal lobe. Jugal lobe of hind wing larger and separated from the rest of the wing membrane by small gap. Metasoma subsessile with tergum 1 gradually declivous anteriorly. First gastral sternite with well-developed margin at base. Apical margin of first to fifth tergites with red bands.

Images

Adult- dorsal view
Adult- lateral view
Adult- frontal view

Distribution

India: Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Nepal.

Distribution within India

References

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