Polistes Latreille
Creators: name: Kojima, Jun-Ichi
name: Saito, Fuki
name: Nguyen, Lien Thi Phuong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eumenidae
Polistes

description: Genus Polistes Latreille
Polistes (Gyrostoma) gigas (Kirby)
Cyclostoma gigas Kirby in Kirby & Spence 1826: 36. Polistes (Gyrostoma) confusus Smith: Sonan 1927: 121. Polistes gigas Kirby: Sonan 1943: 469 –471.
Polistes (Gyrostoma) gigas Kirby: Starr 1992: 123 –124.
Polistes (Gyrostoma) jokahamae Radoszkowski
Polistes jokahamae Radszkowski 1887: 435.
Polistes hebraeus (Fabricius): Sonan 1931: 6.
Polistes olivaceous (!) (De Geer): Sonan 1943: 477 –479. Polistes (Megapolistes) jadwigae Dalla Torre: Starr 1992: 122.
Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi Cameron
Polistes rothneyi Cameron 1900: 410.
Polistes jokahamae Radoszkowski: Sonan 1943: 475 –477. Polistes jokahamae var. yaeyamae Matsumura: Sonan 1943: 477 –479. Polistes (Megapolistes) rothneyi Cameron: Starr 1992: 122.
Polistes (Gyrostoma) tenebricosus Lepeletier
Polistes tenebricosus Lepeletier 1836: 529.
Polistes tenebricosus Lepeletier: Sonan 1943: 471 –472. Polistes (Nygmopolistes) sulcatus Smith: Starr 1992: 122 –123.
Polistes (Polistella) eboshinus Sonan
? Polistes mandarinus de Saussure 1853: Sonan 1938: 69.
Polistes mandarinus var. eboshinus Sonan 1943: 483 –484 [lectotype Ƥ (here designated) in TARI]. Polistes (Polistella) eboshinus Sonan: Starr 1992: 128.
Polistes (Polistella) formosanus Sonan
Polistes formosanus Sonan 1927: 122 –125 [lectotype Ƥ by designation of Saito et al. (2007) in TARI]. Polistes japonicus var. formosanus Sonan: Sonan 1943: 479–481.
Polistes (Polistella) japonicus de Saussure: Starr 1992: 124 –126, part.?
Polistes (Polistella) huisunensis Kuo
Polistes huisunensis Kuo in Kuo & Yeh 1987: 80 [holotype 3 in the National Chiayi Institute of Agriculture]. Polistes (Polistella) huisunensis Kuo: Starr 1992: 129 –130.
Polistes (Polistella) japonicus de Saussure
Polistes japonicus de Saussure 1858: 260.
Polistes hengchunensis Kuo in Kuo & Yeh 1987: 80 –81 (holotype 3 in the National Chiayi Institute of Agriculture; synonymized by Starr, 1992).
Polistes shekouensis Kuo in Kuo & Yeh 1987: 81 –82 (holotype 3 in the National Chiayi Institute of Agriculture; synonymized by Starr 1992).
Polistes (Polistella) japonicus de Saussure: Starr 1992: 124 –126, part.
Polistes (Polistella) shirakii Sonan
Polistes shirakii Sonan 1943: 482 –481 [lectotype Ƥ (here designated) in TARI]. Polistes (Polistella) shirakii Sonan: Starr, 1992: 126 –127.
Polistes (Polistella) stigma (Fabricius)
Vespa stigma Fabricius 1793: 275.
Polistes stigmus (Fabricius): Sonan 1943: 473 –474. Polistes (Polistella) stigma (Fabricius): Starr 1992: 127 –128.
Polistes (Polistella) strigosus Bequaert
Polistes strigosus Bequaert 1940: 269.
Polistes strigosus Bequaert: Sonan 1943: 472 –473. Polistes (Polistella) strigosus Bequaert: Starr 1992: 126.
Polistes (Polistella) takasagonus Sonan
Polistes takasagonus Sonan 1943: 482 –483 [lectotype Ƥ (here designated) in TARI]. Polistes (Polistella) takasagonus Sonan: Starr 1992: 128.
Polistes (Polistes) chinensis (Fabricius)
Vespa chinensis Fabricius 1793: 261.
Polistes chinensis (Fabricius): Sonan 1943: 474 –475. Polistes (Polistes) chinensis (Fabricius): Starr 1992: 131.
description: Published as part of Kojima, Jun-Ichi, Saito, Fuki & Nguyen, Lien Thi Phuong, 2011, On the species-group taxa of Taiwanese social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) described and / or treated by J. Sonan, pp. 42-64 in Zootaxa 2920 on pages 43-45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201805