Subgenus Polistes (Polistella) Ashmead, 1904
- Polistella Ashmead, W.H. 1904. Descriptions of new genera and species of Hymenoptera from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1387): 127-158 [133].
Type species:
Polistes manillensis Saussure, 1853 by original designation. - Stenopolistes van der Vecht, J. 1972. The subgenera Megapolistes and Stenopolistes in the Solomon Isalnds (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistes Latreille). pp. 87-106 in Asahina, S., Gressitt, J.L., Hikada, Z., Mishida, T. & Namura, K. (eds). Entomological Essays to Commemorate the Retirement of Professor K. Yasumatsu 1971. Tokyo : Hokuryukan Publishing Co. Ltd vi 389 pp. [101] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Polistes Latreille, 1802].
Type species:
Polistes lateritius Smith, 1857 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kojima, J. & Kojima, K. 1988. Three new species of Polistes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from Papua New Guinea, with notes on the taxonomic status of the subgenus Stenopolistes van der Vecht. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 27(1): 69-80 [Date published 29/02/1988] [79]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) ; Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
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