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Polistes chinensis
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Polistes chinensis (Fabricius, 1793)
(FIG. 36A)
Vespa chinensis FabRIcIus, 1793: 261; tyPe: ♀, CHIna; (ZMUC).
Material examined. CHINA – HonG KonG • 1♀; SaI KunG Town; 22°26′55.91″ N, 114°16′17.23″ E; aLt. 3 M; J.X.Q. Lee LeG.; HanD net; 11 Oct. 2007; Ref.: 0702. T.Hy. 1, (CBC)
Distribution. CHIna: HonG KonG (?), TaIwan; JaPan: OKInawa; RussIa. It Is a tRaMP sPecIes In New ZeaLanD. (CaRPenteR 1996).
Notes. Polistes chinensis chinensis was fiRst RecoRDeD fRoM HonG KonG by SMItH (1857: 103), tHen by DoveR (1926: 234), anD RecentLy by CaRPenteR (1996; 19). Its occuRRence HeRe ReMaIns unceRtaIn anD tHe onLy sPecIMen tHat was exaMIneD was cauGHt In an uRban settInG. No coLony Has eveR been RePoRteD oR obseRveD.
Notes
Published as part of GuÉnaRD, CHRIstoPHe BaRtHÉLÉMy BenoIt, 2025, An annotateD anD ILLustRateD cHecKLIst of HonG KonG acuLeate wasPs (HyMenoPteRa: APoID wasPs; PoMPILIoIDea; ScoLIoIDea; ThynnoIDea; TIPHIoIDea; VesPoIDea; CHRysIDoIDea), pp. 1-230 in Insecta Mundi 2025 on page 148
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- Is part of
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFA8FFA2D76C2F69796EFFAEFFF9FFB0 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/039187DAD7F92FFC79AEFE84FB66FD2C (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- CBC
- Scientific name authorship
- Fabricius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Eumenidae
- Genus
- Polistes
- Species
- chinensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Polistes chinensis (Fabricius, 1793) sec. GuÉnaRD, 2025
References
- Smith F. 1857. CataLoGue of HyMenoPteRous Insects In tHe coLLectIon of tHe BRItIsH MuseuM. PaRt V. VesPIDae. PRInteD by oRDeR of tHe TRustees; LonDon, UnIteD KInGDoM. 147 P., 6 PL.