DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15156764
title: TABLE 1 in The genus Polistes Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Brazil: morphological diagnoses, identification key, and geographical distribution

description: TABLE 1. Summarized list and distribution of Polistes species occurring in Brazil, with the respective occurrence of states and sexes in which they have diagnoses.
NºSpeciesDistribution in BrazilSex1P. (Aphanilopterus) aterrimus de Saussure, 1853PA♀, ♂2P. (A.) biguttatus Haliday, 1836PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP♀, ♂3P. (A.) binotatus de Saussure, 1853RJ♀, ♂4P. (A.) brevifissus Richards, 1978AP, BA, ES, GO, MT, MS, MG, PA, PB, PR, RJ, RS, RR, SP♀, ♂5P. (A.) canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)AM, AP, BA, CE, DF, GO, MA, MT, MS, MG, PA, PB, PR, PE, PI, RJ, RN, RS, RO, RR, SC, SP♀, ♂6P. (A.) cavapyta de Saussure, 1853AM, MT, RS♀, ♂7P. (A.) cavapytiformis Richards, 1978MG, PR, RS, SC, SP♀, ♂8P. (A.) consobrinus de Saussure, 1858PR, RS, SC, SP♀, ♂9P. (A.) erythrocephalus Latreille, 1813AC, AM, DF, GO, MT, MG, PA, PR, RJ, SP♀, ♂10P. (A.) ferreri de Saussure, 1853BA, DF, MT, MS, MG, PA, PR, PE, RS, SC, SP♀, ♂11P. (A.) goeldii Ducke, 1904AM, MA, MT, MG, PA, PI♀, ♂12P. (A.) infuscatus Lepeletier, 1836GO, PA, RJ♀, ♂13P. (A.) lanio (Fabricius, 1775)AC, AP, AM, BA, ES, GO, MT, MG, PA, PR, RJ, RS, RO, RR, SC, SP♀, ♂14P. (A.) notatipes Richards, 1978PR, RS, SP♀, ♂15P. (A.) ridleyi Kirby, 1890PE (Fernando de Noronha)♀, ♂16P. (A.) satan Bequaert, 1940DF, GO, MG, RJ, SP♀, ♂17P. (A.) simillimus Zikán, 1951BA, GO, MT, MS, MG, PB, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP♀, ♂18P. (A.) versicolor (Olivier, 1792)AC, AP, AM, BA, DF, ES, GO, MA, MT, MS, MG, PA, PR, RN, RJ, RS, RO, RR, SC, SP♀, ♂19P. (Epicnemius) actaeon Haliday, 1836DF, ES, GO, MG, RJ, RS, SC, SP,♀, ♂20P. (E.) angulinus Richards, 1951AM, RO♀, ♂21P. (E.) atrox Richards, 1978PA♂22P. (E.) bequaertianus Willink, 1954RJ♀, ♂23P. (E.) bicolor Lepeletier, 1836AC, AP, AM, MT, MG, PA, SP♀, ♂24P. (E.) billardieri (Fabricius, 1804)AL, AM, AP, BA, DF, GO, MT, MS, MG, PA, PB, PR, PE, RN, RS, RR, SP♀, ♂25P. (E.) cinerascens de Saussure, 1854AL, BA, CE, ES, GO, MT, MG, PA, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP♀, ♂26P. (E.) claripennis Ducke, 1904AM, DF, PA♀, ♂27P. (E.) davillae Richards, 1978AM, MT, MG♀, ♂28P. (E.) deceptor Schulz, 1905AM, MT, PA, RS, SP♀, ♂29P. (E.) geminatus Fox, 1898AL, AM, BA, DF, GO, MT, MS, MG, PA, SP♀, ♂30P. (E.) melanosoma de Saussure, 1853AM, AP, BA, ES, GO, MG, RJ, RS, SC, SP♀, ♂31P. (E.) niger Brèthes, 1903MT, MG, SP♀, ♂32P. (E.) obscurus de Saussure, 1863PR♀, ♂33P. (E.) occipitalis Ducke, 1904AP, AM, ES, MA, MG, PA, RJ, RO, SP♀, ♂34P. (E.) orlandoi Somavilla & Carpenter, 2022AM♂35P. (E.) pacificus Fabricius,1804AP, AM, BA, ES, MA, MT, MG, PA, RJ, RS, SP♀, ♂36P. (E.) rufiventris Ducke, 1904AM, MT, PA, RO♀, ♂37P. (E.) subsericeus de Saussure, 1854AP, AM, BA, DF, MA, MT, MG, PA, RJ, RR, SC, SP♀, ♂38P. (E.) testaceicolor Bequaert, 1937AC, AP, AM, MA, MT, PA, RO♀, ♂39P. (E.) thoracicus Fox, 1898DF, GO, MT, PA♀, ♂40P. (E.) torresae Silveira, 1996AC, AM, MA, PA, RO♀41P. (Onerarius) carnifex (Fabricius, 1775)AL, AM, BA, ES, GO, MA, MT, MG, PA, PR, PE, RN, RJ, RS, RR, SC, SP♀, ♂42P. (Palisotius) major Palisot de Beauvois, 1818AM, ES, MT, PA, PR, RJ, SP♀, ♂43P. (P.) paraguayensis Bertoni, 1921MT♀, ♂
description: Published as part of Brito, Samanta, Oliveira, Marcio L., Carpenter, James M. & Somavilla, Alexandre, 2024, The genus Polistes Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Brazil: morphological diagnoses, identification key, and geographical distribution, pp. 539-540 in Zootaxa 5496 (4) on page 539, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/13617543