Scientific Name

Polistes (Polistella) nigritarsis Cameron, 1900

Taxonomic Placement

Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae: Polistinae: Polistini: Polistes

Synonyms/Original combination

Polistes nigritarsis Cameron, 1900: 413.

Brief diagnosis

Female: Clypeus extending beyond anterior tentorial pits. Interocellar distance 0.5x the diameter of posterior ocellus. Pronotal fovea absent. Mesepisterum without epicnemial carina and incomplete dorsal episternal groove. Anal lobe of hindwing reduced. Metasoma subsessile. T1 gradually declivour anteriorly. S1 without well developed margin at base. Colour: Body reddish brown with following yellow portions: A pair of longitudinal marks on propodeum, T1-T4 with apical bands. Wings with fuscous cloud and yellow stigma.

Images

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

Distribution

India: Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, TamilNadu, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; Vietnam.

Distribution within India

References

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