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Polistes stigma
	P. stigma tamulus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Subfamily:	Polistinae
Genus:	Polistes
Species:	P. stigma
Binomial name
	Polistes stigma; Fabricius, 1793

Polistes stigma is a species of paper wasp from the Paleotropics.^[1]

Distribution

P. stigma is widely distributed from India south to Australia and east to Taiwan and Fiji.^[1]

Subspecies

Of 19 described subspecies, most 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

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

References

^ ^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

Media related to Polistes stigma at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Polistes stigma at Wikispecies

[Carpenter1996-1] 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.

[Castro2009-2] 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.

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