Species Polistes (Polistes) dominulus (Christ, 1791)
- Vespa dominula Christ, J.L. 1791. Naturgeschichte, Classification und Nomenclatur der Insecten vom Bienen, Wespen und Ameisengeschlecht. Frankfurt-am-Main : Hermann 535 pp. 60 pls. [229] [this record for Australia is based on O.W. Richards' identification of specimens as Polistes gallicus (Linnaeus, 1767); Polistes gallicus Auctorum is not Polistes gallicus (Linnaeus, 1767), originally described in Vespa, see Day, M.C. 1979. The species of Hymenoptera described by Linnaeus in the genera Sphex, Chrysis, Vespa, Apis and Mutilla. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 12: 45–84 [63]].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown adult, Kronberg, West Germany.Secondary source:
Blüthgen, P. 1961. Die Faltenwespen Mitteleuropas (Hymenoptera, Diploptera). Abhandlungen der Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Klasse für Chemie, Geologie, und Biologie 1961(2): 1-251; Day, M.C. 1979. The species of Hymenoptera described by Linnaeus in the genera Sphex, Chrysis, Vespa, Apis and Mutilla. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 12: 45-84. - Polistes italica Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1840. Nomenclator entomologicus: Verzeichniss der europäischen Insecten: zur Erleichterung des Tauschverkehrs mit Preisen versehen. Vol. 2. Regensburg : Friedrich Pustet pp. 244. [nomen nudum].
Type data:
Status unknown, No details provided, Italy. - Polistes pectoralis Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1841. s.n. In: Favnae insectorvm Germanicae initia, oder, Deutschlands Insecten. In den Felseckerschen Buchhandlung. Nürnberg, pp.178–180.
Type data:
Status unknown, Specimen lost Male, "Italien". - Polistes maculatus Rudow, F. 1888. Einige Bienennester. Societas Entomologica 3: 170–171.
Type data:
Status unknown, Numbers not provided (Type-depository unknown), Turkey "Smyrna". - Polistes Merceti Dusmet, J.M. 1903. Vespides, Eumenidos y Masaridos de Espana. Memorias de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 2(3): 119–225.
Type data:
Status unknown, Numbers not provided Male, Possibly Madrid, Spain "Los Molinos en Madrid".
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Accidentally introduced into the Perth area, established by 1977, native to the Palaearctic region and introduced into Massachusetts (USA).
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: predator, sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Social, nests of 'paper'.
General References
Beani, L. & Turillazzi, S. 1988. Alternative mating tactics in males of Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 22: 257-264 (mating behaviour in Italy)
Carpenter, J.M. & Brown, G.R. 2022. Catalogue of the Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Zootaxa 5214(4): 451–495
Cervo, R., Zacchi, F. & Turillazzi, S. 2000. Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) invading North America: some hypotheses for its rapid spread. Insectes Sociaux 47: 155-157 (biology, colonisation of North America)
Gervet, J., Pratte, M., Semenoff, S. & Gabouriaut, D. 1986. Pattern of offspring production in colonies of paper wasps (Polistes gallicus L.) II. Demographic data hypotheses concerning fitness implications. Insectes Sociaux 33(4): 375-387 (biology as Polistes gallicus)
Grechka, Y.O. & Kipyatkov, V.Y. 1983. Seasonal developmental cycle and caste differentiation in the social wasp Polistes gallicus L. (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). I. Phenology and life cycle regulation. Entomological Review. Washington 62(3): 19-31 (biology as Polistes gallicus in Russia)
Guiglia, D. 1972. Les Guêpes Sociales (Hymenoptera Vespidae) d'Europe Occidentale et Septentrionale. (Faune de l'Europe et du Bassin Méditerranéen). Paris : Masson et Cie Vol. 6 viii 181 pp. [50] (identification, distribution and biology as Polistes gallicus)
Guiglia, D. 1972. Les guêpes sociales (Hymenoptera Vespidae) d'Europe occidentale et septtentrionale. Faune de l'Europe et du Bassin Méditerranéen 6: 1-181 (biology as Polistes gallicus)
Hathaway, M. 1982. Polistes gallicus in Massachusetts (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 88: 169-173 (USA record as Polistes gallicus)
Kojima, J. 1998. Larvae of social wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera; Vespidae). Natural History Bulletin of Ibaraki University 2: 7-227 [34] (larval description and illustrations)
Landolt, P.J. & Antonelli, A. 1999. The paper wasp Polistes dominulus (Christ) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in the state of Washington. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 75(1): 58-59 (presence in Washington State, USA)
Mead, F., Pratte, M. & Gabouriaut, D. 1990. Influence d'une difference dans les conditions de temperature et de durée du jour sur le déroulement de la vie la société chez Polistes dominulus Christ (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) élevé au laboratoire. Insectes Sociaux 37(3): 236-250 (colony development in the laboratory)
Starks, P.T. & Poe, E.S. 1997. 'Male-stuffing' in wasp societies. Nature (London) 389: 450 (behaviour)
Theraulaz, G., Gervet, J. & Tian-Chanski, S.S. 1991. Social regulation of foraging activities in Polistes dominulus Christ: A systematic approach to behavioural organization. Behaviour 116(3–4): 292-320 (behaviour)
Theraulaz, G., Pratte, M. & Gervet, J. 1988. Régulation imaginale de la durée de vie des femelles chez Polistes dominulus Christ (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Insectes Sociaux 35(4): 367-381 (biology)
Theraulaz, G., Pratte, M. & Gervet, J. 1990. Behavioural profiles in Polistes dominulus (Christ) wasp societies: a quantitative study. Behaviour 113(3–4): 223-250 (behaviour)
Ugolini, A. 1985. Initial orientation and homing in workers of Polistes gallicus (L.) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 69(2): 133-140 (biology as Polistes gallicus)
Ugolini, A. 1987. Visual information acquired during displacement and initial orientation in Polistes gallicus (L.) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Animal Behaviour 35: 590-595 (biology as Polistes gallicus)
History of changes
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