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Polistes variatus Cresson, 1872

Polistes variatus Cresson, 1872:247, ♂♀. 6 ♂♀, Texas (leg. Belfrage, Boll); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:463, Lectotype ♀ (ANS, Philadelphia). - Dalla Torre, 1894Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181. (distribution); Lewis, 1897Lewis, B.S. 1897. Vespinae of the United States and Canada. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 24 (2):169-192, 1 pl. (distribution). - As Polistes fuscatus variatus: - Bequaert, 1940Bequaert, J.C. 1940. An introductory study of Polistes in the United States and Canada with descriptions of some new North and South American forms (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 48 (1):1-31. (distribution); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567. (distribution).
Polistes fuscatus connectens Bequaert, 1940:21, ♂♀xw. Allotype ♂, Badlands west of Grassy Butte, McKenzie Co., western North Dakota (Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, Cambridge, Mass., leg. N.A. Weber); Holotype ♀, Badlands west of Grassy Butte, McKenzie Co., western North Dakota (Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, Cambridge, Mass., leg. N.A. Weber); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:463, Holotype ♀ (MCZ, Boston). - Bequaert, 1940Bequaert, J.C. 1940. An introductory study of Polistes in the United States and Canada with descriptions of some new North and South American forms (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 48 (1):1-31. (distribution); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:463 ( listed as synonym of Polistes fuscatus variatus Cresson, 1872); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1514 ( listed as synonym of Polistes fuscatus aurifer Saussure, 1853).

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Area distribution map

map of Polistes variatus Cresson, 1872

Distribution

CAN-AlbCanada - Alberta
 (Bequaert, 1940 [as Polistes fuscatus connectens Bequaert, 1940]; Richards, 1978)
CAN-BrCCanada - British Columbia
 (Richards, 1978)
CAN-OntCanada - Ontario
 (Richards, 1978)
CAN-QuéCanada - Québec
 (Richards, 1978)
USA-ARUnited States - Arkansas
 (Bequaert, 1940; Richards, 1978)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (Bequaert, 1940 [as Polistes fuscatus connectens Bequaert, 1940]; Richards, 1978)
USA-IAUnited States - Iowa
 (Bequaert, 1940; Richards, 1978)
USA-ILUnited States - Illinois
 (Bequaert, 1940; Richards, 1978)
USA-INUnited States - Indiana
 (Bequaert, 1940; Richards, 1978)
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (Bequaert, 1940; Richards, 1978)
USA-KYUnited States - Kentucky
 (Bequaert, 1940; Richards, 1978)
USA-MIUnited States - Michigan
 (Bequaert, 1940; Richards, 1978)
USA-MNUnited States - Minnesota
 (Bequaert, 1940; Richards, 1978)
USA-MOUnited States - Missouri
 (Bequaert, 1940; Richards, 1978)
USA-MTUnited States - Montana
 (Bequaert, 1940 [as Polistes fuscatus connectens Bequaert, 1940]; Richards, 1978)
USA-NDUnited States - North Dakota
 (Bequaert, 1940; Bequaert, 1940 [as Polistes fuscatus connectens Bequaert, 1940]; Richards, 1978; Richards, 1978 [as Polistes fuscatus connectens Bequaert, 1940])
USA-NEUnited States - Nebraska
 (Bequaert, 1940; Bequaert, 1940 [as Polistes fuscatus connectens Bequaert, 1940]; Richards, 1978)
USA-NJUnited States - New Jersey
 (Bequaert, 1940; Richards, 1978)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Bequaert, 1940; Richards, 1978)
USA-OHUnited States - Ohio
 (Bequaert, 1940; Richards, 1978)
USA-OKUnited States - Oklahoma
 (Bequaert, 1940; Richards, 1978)
USA-TNUnited States - Tennessee
 (Bequaert, 1940; Richards, 1978)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Cresson, 1872; Dalla Torre, 1894; Lewis, 1897; Bequaert, 1940; Richards, 1978; Richards, 1978)
USA-WIUnited States - Wisconsin
 (Richards, 1978)
USA-WYUnited States - Wyoming
 (Bequaert, 1940 [as Polistes fuscatus connectens Bequaert, 1940]; Richards, 1978)

Literature

  • Bequaert, J.C. 1940. An introductory study of Polistes in the United States and Canada with descriptions of some new North and South American forms (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 48 (1):1-31.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181.
  • Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.
  • Lewis, B.S. 1897. Vespinae of the United States and Canada. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 24 (2):169-192, 1 pl.
  • Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.