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

Polistes lanio
In Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Vespa lanio Fabricius, 1775
  • Aphanilopterus vagabundus Meunier, 1888
  • Polistes canadensis trinitatis Giordani Soika, 1965

Distribution

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

Subspecies

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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

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