Polistes (Polistella) stigma stigma (Fabricius 1793
Creators: name: Handru, Alan
name: Nugroho, Hari
name: Saito-Morooka, Fuki
name: Ubaidillah, Rosichon
name: Kojima, Jun-Ichi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Vespidae
Polistes
Polistes stigma

description: Polistes (Polistella) stigma stigma (Fabricius, 1793)
(Figs. 13–14, 16, 27)
Vespa stigma Fabricius, 1793: 275.
Specimens examined. Sulawesi I.: North Sulawesi: 1 ♀ (IUNH), Tangkoko-Batuangus nature reserve [ca. 01˚32’N 125˚12’E], 25.xi.1999, JK; 1 ♂ (IUNH), Manado [ca. 01˚30’N 124˚50’E], 28.xi.1999, JK; 1 ♂ (IUNH), Lemuh near Tamohon [ca. 01˚19’N 124˚50’E], 29.xi.1999, JK; 1 ♀ (IUNH), Rurukan [ca. 01˚20’N 124˚52’E], 29.xi.1999, JK; 1 ♀, 2 ♂ (IUNH), Poigar [ca. 01˚01’N 124˚18’E], 30.xi.1999, JK; 13 ♀, 4 ♂ (IUNH), Maria Lama near Poigar, 1.xii.1999, JK; 2 ♀ (IUNH), 01˚31’S 124˚55’E, alt. ca. 90 m, Mapenget, Manado, 15.ix.2014, JK et al.; South East Sulawesi: North Kolaka: 16 ♀ (MZB), 03˚38’S 121˚04’E, Rante Angin, Tinukari [1 ♀, alt. ca. 100 m, 5.viii.2009; 2 ♀, alt. ca. 185 m, 6.viii.2009, RU et al.; 8 ♀, alt. ca. 185 m, 7.viii.2009; 3 ♀, alt. ca. 186 m, 8.viii.2009, GY et al.; 2 ♀, alt. ca. 40 m. alt, 12.viii.2009, GY]; 12 ♀, 13 ♂ (MZB), 03˚38’S 121˚04’E, Wawo, Tinukari [1 ♀, 2 ♂, alt. ca. 205 m, 12.viii.2009, GY et al.; 1 ♀, alt. ca. 195 m, 16.xii.2009; 1 ♂, alt. ca. 195 m, 17.xii.2009, HN et al.; 4 ♀, 2 ♂, alt. ca. 185 m, 25.vi.2010; 2 ♀, 2 ♂, alt. ca. 185 m, 26.vi.2010; 1 ♀, 2 ♂, alt. ca. 100 m, 27.vi.2010; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, alt. ca. 100 m, 28.vi.2010; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, alt. ca. 185 m, 29.vi.2010; 1 ♂, alt. ca. 100 m, 30.vi.2010; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, alt. ca. 185 m, 1.xii.2010, RU et al.]; 1 ♀ (MZB), 03˚64’S 121˚09’E, alt. ca. 430 m, 29.xi.2010, RU et al.; 1 ♀ (MZB), 03˚59’S 121˚34’E, alt. ca. 50 m, Ulunggolaka, Batambaga, 14.viii.2009, GY; South Konawe: 2 ♀ (MZB), 04˚13’S 122˚44’E, alt. ca. 75 m, Sumbersari, Moramo, 4.vii.2010, RU et al.; Kendari: 1 ♀ (IUNH), 03˚58’S 122˚31’E, alt. ca. <5 m, Mandongo, 21.viii.2014, JK et al.; 2 ♀ (IUNH), 04˚03’S 122˚33’E, alt. ca. 145 m, Nanga Nanga, Andonoahu, 24.viii.2014, FSM et al.; South Sulawesi: 1 ♀ (IUNH), 03˚56’S 119˚41’E, alt. ca. 180 m, Lainungan, Watang Pulu, Sidenreng Rappang, 17.viii.2014, JK et al.; Toraja Utara: 4 ♀ (IUNH), 02˚57’S 119˚58’E, alt. ca. 880 m, Lenbang Tondolangi, Tondon, 18.viii.2014, JK et al.; 5 ♀, 6 ♂ (IUNH), 02˚57’S 119˚59’E, alt. ca. 880 m, Penanian, Nang-gala, 19.viii.2014, FSM et al.; 3 ♀ (IUNH), 02˚58’S 119˚59’E, alt. ca. 960 m, Nanggala, 19.viii.2014, HN et al.; 2 ♀ (IUNH), 03˚28’S 119˚47’E, alt. ca. 500 m, Bambapuang, Anggeraja, Enrekang, 18.viii.2014, JK et al.; Toraja Selatan: 1 ♀ (IUNH), 03˚12’S 119˚53’E, alt. ca. 1010 m, Patengko, Makerdek, 20.viii.2014, FSM et al.; 1 ♀ (IUNH), 05˚03’S 119˚31’E, alt. ca. 30 m, Maros near airport, 21.viii.2014, JK et al. Indonesian Archipelago other than Sulawesi I.: Sumatra I.: 16 ♀, 19 ♂ (SEHU), Lubuk Minturun [ca. 00˚50’S 100˚22’E], 13.viii.1982; Sipora I. in Mentawai Islands: 1 ♀ (SEHU), Sioban [ca. 02˚12’S 99˚43’E], 28.vii.1985, SY & SKY; Java I.: 2 ♀ (MZB), 07˚50’S 114˚26’E, Baluran NP, 14.ix.2005, JK & RU; Bali I.: 2 ♀ (MZB), 08˚08’S 115˚04’E, Singaraja, 9.ix.2005, JK & RU; Lombok I.: 2 ♀ (IUNH), 08˚44’S 116˚05’E, Lewdang Andus, Sekotong, 6.xi.2000, JK.
Remarks. Polistes stigma is known to be widely distributed in southern continental Asia, Malay Archipelago, Australia and Pacific Islands, from the Indian subcontinent in the west to Solomon Islands in the east; but the species has not so far been recorded from Sulawesi I. Petersen (1987) recognized 19 subspecies in this species. Selis (2018) synonymized three Philippine “subspecies” (alagari Petersen, 1987, dubius de Saussure, 1867, and manillensis de Saussure, 1854) under the nominal species, but, as Carpenter (1996) pointed out, whether these “subspecies” are diagnosable species or synonyms can be determined based on careful comparative studies, possibly in a revision. In this paper, we maintain “subspecies” of Petersen (1987) and have found that the above-listed specimens from Sulawesi I. have characteristics of the nominotypical “subspecies”. Though the wasp has not been recorded in Sulawesi I., it might be distributed throughout the island and seems to be the commonest Polistes species in the island.
Distribution records of the nominotypical “subspecies”: Indonesian Archipelago: Sumatra I. and adjacent islands, Java I., Bali I., Borneo I., Lombok I., Sulawesi I. (NEW RECORD); Indochina Peninsular; southern parts of continental China; Taiwan (Petersen, 1987; Kojima & Yamane, 1990; Starr, 1992; Nguyen et al., 2017).
description: Published as part of Handru, Alan, Nugroho, Hari, Saito-Morooka, Fuki, Ubaidillah, Rosichon & Kojima, Jun-Ichi, 2020, Eusocial wasp fauna of Sulawesi Island, the central island of Wallacea (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae, Vespinae), pp. 541-559 in Zootaxa 4885 (4) on pages 549-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/4296946