Polistes stigma | |
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P. stigma tamulus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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 the Paleotropics.[1]
P. stigma is widely distributed from India south to Australia and east to Taiwan and Fiji.[1]
There are 19 described subspecies, most of which are island endemics. The exceptions are P. s. bernardii in Australia and New Guinea, P. s. stigma in Mainland Southeast Asia and Indonesia, P. s. townsvillensis in Australia, and P. s. tamulus in India and Sri Lanka.[1]