Polistes lanio

Polistes lanio
	In Brazil
Scientific classification
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 ;

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

Distribution[]

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

Subspecies[]

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[]

^ ^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.
^ ^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.

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[richards1978-1] Richards, Owain Westmacott (1978). The social wasps of the Americas, excluding the Vespinae. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 477–488. ISBN 0565007858.

[carpenter1996-2] 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.

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