Taxonomic study of social vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae and Polistinae) in Bhutan

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 2017 English Publisher:CMV VerlagJournal:Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, volume 3, pages 91-104 (eissn: 2423-8112,

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Authors: Phurpa Dorji; Wim Klein; Tshering Nidup;

doi: 10.52547/jibs.3.2.91 , 10.5281/zenodo.5795978 , 10.5281/zenodo.5795977

Taxonomic study of social vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae and Polistinae) in Bhutan

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The social vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae and Polistinae) was studied in Bhutan during 2014-2016. A total of fifteen species were collected and identified that all of them are reported as new records from Bhutan: Vespa vivax Smith, V. velutina variana van der Vecht, V. fumida van der Vecht, Dolichovespula lama (du Buysson), Vespula flaviceps Smith, V. nursei Archer, V. vulgaris (Linnaeus), V. structor (Smith), Polistes (Polistella) nigritarsus (Cameron), Parapolybia varia (Fabricius), P. nodosa van der Vecht, Ropalidia artifex (de Saussure), R. stigma (Smith), R. ornaticeps (Cameron) and R. rufoplagiata gravelyi (Dover & Rao). Diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of all species are presented.

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Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Netherlands
Royal University of Bhutan
Bhutan

Keywords

Science (General), Ecology, New records, S, hornets, new records, Agriculture, Paper wasps, Hornets, yellow jackets, Q1-390, Life, QL1-991, paper wasps, QH501-531, bhutan, Yellow jackets, Bhutan, Zoology, QH540-549.5

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