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Subspecies Polistes (Polistes) chinensis antennalis Pérez, 1905

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Accidentally introduced into the Sydney area, native to the Palaearctic Region (Japan, Korea and Mongolia) and introduced into Norfolk Is. and New Zealand (late 1970's); only published localities Newtown, Sydney, Sydney University and Norfolk Is.


Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: predator, sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Social, nests of 'paper'.

 

General References

Cardale, J.C. 1999. Asian Paper Wasp recorded from Australia. Myrmecia 35(1): 3-4 [3] (first record for Australia)

Carpenter, J.M. & Brown, G.R. 2022. Catalogue of the Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Zootaxa 5214(4): 451–495

Clapperton, B.K. 1999. Abundance of wasps and prey consumption of paper wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae: Polistinae) in Northland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 23(1): 11-19 (abundance and prey in New Zealand)

Clapperton, B.K., Tilley, J.A.V. & Pierce, R.J. 1996. Distribution and abundance of the Asian paper wasp Polistes chinensis antennalis Pérez and the Australian paper wasp P. humilis (Fab.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 23: 19-25 (distribution and abundance in New Zealand)

Clapperton, B.K. & Dymock, J.J. 1997. Growth and survival of colonies of the Asian paper wasp, Polistes chinensis antennalis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 24: 9-15 (biology in New Zealand)

Kojima, J. 1998. Larvae of social wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera; Vespidae). Natural History Bulletin of Ibaraki University 2: 7-227 [36] (larval description and illustrations)

Kojima, J. & Hagiwara, Y. 1990. Foundress behaviour in a bigynic colony of Polistes chinensis antennalis (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Publication from the Itako Hydrobiological Station 4: 1-5 (behaviour)

Kojima, J. & Hagiwara, Y. 1998. Lectotype designation of four species and one form of the paper wasp genus Polistes Latreille, 1802, described from Japan, with notes on the scientific names of Japanese Polistes (Insecta: Hymenoptera; Vespidae, Polistinae). Natural History Bulletin of Ibaraki University 2: 247-262 [259] (distribution in Japan)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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20-Jul-2023 VESPIDAE 16-Jun-2023 MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012 25-Jul-2012 MODIFIED
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