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Polistes (Gyrostoma) tenebricosus Lepeletier 1836

  • 1. Royal Society for Protection of Nature, Thimphu, Bhutan.
  • 2. Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan, Kanglung, Bhutan.
  • 3. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands.
  • 4. College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan, Lobesa, Bhutan.
  • 5. Independent Researcher. anthonydaglio 88 @ yahoo. com
  • 6. National Biodiversity Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Forest, Thimphu, Bhutan.

Description

39. Polistes (Gyrostoma) tenebricosus Lepeletier, 1836

Polistes tenebricosa Lepeletier 1836: 529. Type locality: Java, Indonesia.

Polistes sulcatus Smith, 1852a: 38. Type data: Female, male BMNH. Type locality: Ningpo, China.

Polistes hoplitus de Saussure, 1853: 55. Type data: Female, MHNG. Type locality: Indes Orientales.

Polistes hoplites de Saussure, 1854: 255.

Polistes rugifrons Cameron, 1900: 412.

Polistes varicornis Cameron, 1905: 67.

Polistes javanicus Cameron, 1905: 68.

Polistes tenebricosus var. leopoldi Bequaert, 1934: 9.

Polistes tenebricosus var. sibuyanensis Bequaert, 1940: 266.

Distribution: Bhutan: Trashigang, Mongar, Wangduephodrang, Chhukha, Pema Gatshel, Zhemgang, Lhuentse (Dorji et al. 2016; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a). Elsewhere: China; India; Nepal; Vietnam; Myanmar; Indonesia; Philippines (Carpenter 1996; Das & Gupta 1989; Dorji et al. 2016; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a; Gawas et al. 2020; Kumar 2010; Kumar & Sharma 2014a, 2015b; Nguyen & Carpenter 2019; Pham & Li 2015; Sora et al. 2019; Tan, van Achterberg, Duan, et al. 2014; Tenzin & Katel 2019; Yamane & Yamane 1979).

Notes

Published as part of Dorji, Phurpa, Nidup, Tshering, Klein, Wim, Dorji, Cheten, Daglio, Anthony & Gyeltshen, Choki, 2022, An annotated checklist of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of Bhutan with new records, pp. 301-332 in Zootaxa 5150 (3) on page 315, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6622906

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References

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