Taxonomic studies on Vespid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae) of Dumna Nature Park, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
Author
Sheikh, Altaf Hussain
Department of Bioscience, Rani Durgavati Viswa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh - 482001, India; khushialtaf 1986 @ gmail. com
Author
Kumar, P. Girish
Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala - 673006, India; kpgiris @ gmail. com
Author
Thomas, Moni
Directorate of Research Services, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh - 482004, India; moni _ thomas @ rediffmail. com
Author
Bhandari, Rita
Department of Zoology, Government O. F. K. College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh - 482005, India; ritabhandari 06 @ yahoo. co. in
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2017
2017-11-01
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http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330
journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330
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Polistes (Polistella) strigosus strigosus
Bequaert, 1940
1940
.
Polistes strigosus
Bequaert
, 269-272.
Holotype
Female,
China
: Wong-Sa-Shui (MCZ).
1983.
Polistes (Polistella) strigosus strigosus
; Das & Gupta, 415.
Diagnosis
: Female: Pronotum ribbed; head narrower than mesosoma; forewing without subapical fuscous cloud; median groove of propodeum deep, with strong transverse striations; S1with distinct margin at base.
Colour Description
: Body almost entirely and uniformly ferruginous, with ocellar region, flagellum above and some sutures of head and mesosoma black; T2 almost entirely yellow; wings yellowish, paler apically.
Size
(H+M+T1+T2):
14.5 mm
.
Material examined:
INDIA
:
Madhya Pradesh
, Jabalpur district,
Dumna Nature Park
,
2♀
,
29.iv.2015
,
Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.
Distribution
:
India
:
Chhattisgarh
,
Madhya Pradesh
(new record).
Elsewhere
:
China
,
Taiwan
.