Scientific Name

Polistes (Polistella) stigma tamulus (Fabricius, 1798)

Taxonomic Placement

Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae: Polistinae: Polistini: Polistes

Synonyms/Original combination

Vespa tamula Fabricius, 1798: 263.
Polistes (Polistella) stigma tamula; Das & Gupta, 1984: 414.

Brief diagnosis

Female: Clypeus extending beyond anterior tentorial pits. Interocellar distance more than the diameter of posterior ocellus. Pronotal fovea absent. Mesepisterum without epicnemial carina and incomplete dorsal episternal groove. Anal lobe of hindwing larger. Metasoma subsessile. T1 gradually declivour anteriorly. S1 with well developed margin at base. Colour: Body reddish with following yellow portions: Clypeus, mandibles, narrow basal transverse band on scutellum and metanotum, a pair of longitudinal marks on propodeum, T1 and T3 with apical bands. Wings yellowish hyaline with sub apical fuscous cloud and yellow stigma.

Images

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

Distribution

India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Vietnam.

Distribution within India

References

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