Polistes stigma
Polistes stigma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Vespidae |
Subfamily: | Polistinae |
Genus: | Polistes |
Species: | P. stigma
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Binomial name | |
Polistes stigma Fabricius, 1793
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Polistes stigma is a species of paper wasp from Southeast Asia.[1]It is primarily cursorial. There is a distinct yellow band on the abdomen. The terminal end of the nest is whitish in between greyish color. It's probably because the larva before pupation extends the cell wall & milky white end towards the top surface of the nest and then the larva seals it.This process is not seen in Ropalidia marginata.
Queen on the nest
Larva with jaws open
Egg and larvae
References[]
External links[]
- Media related to Polistes stigma at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Polistes stigma at Wikispecies
Categories:
- Polistes
- Insects described in 1793