Polistes lanio is a species of paper wasp and one of several species in the subgenus Polistes (Aphanilopterus) known as a jack Spaniard wasp.
Distribution
This species occurs throughout South America and on Trinidad.[1][2]
Subspecies
This species is divided into the following subspecies:[1][2]
- Polistes lanio lanio (Fabricius, 1775)
- Polistes lanio satanulus Bequaert 1940
- Polistes lanio weberi Bequaert 1940
References
- ^ a b Richards, Owain Westmacott (1978). The social wasps of the Americas, excluding the Vespinae. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 477–488. ISBN 0565007858.
- ^ a b Carpenter, James M. (1996). "Distributional checklist of the species of the genus Polistes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae, Polistini)". American Museum Novitates (3188): 1–39. Retrieved 27 August 2020.