Published December 2, 2016
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An anocellar polistine wasp (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) from Texas
- 1. Übersee-Museum Bremen (Bremen) and Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung
- 2. Utah State University
- 3. Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung
- 4. American Museum of Natural History (New York) and University of Kansas
Description
A remarkable teratological female of Polistes (Fuscopolistes) dorsalis neotropicus Bequaert, 1940 (Vespidae: Polistinae) is described and illustrated. The specimen lacks all three external dorsal ocelli but is normally developed in almost every other aspect. Additionally, similar findings in other Hymenoptera are briefly discussed, as are the consequences and the reasons that might cause the random loss of ocelli.
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