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Polybia chrysothorax (Lichtenstein, 1796)

Vespa chrysothorax Lichtenstein, 1796:203, Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:108, Type ? sex (? depository, probably lost). - As Polybia chrysothorax: - Smith, 1857Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London. 147 pp. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1894Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181. (distribution); Zavattari, 1906Zavattari, E. 1906. Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nel Darien, nell' Ecuador e regioni vicine. Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia e Anatomia Comparada dela R. Universita di Torino 21 (529):1-22. (distribution); Bodkin, 1918Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII. (distribution); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567. (distribution). - As Polybia chysothorax: - Cameron, 1912Cameron, P. 1912. The Hymenoptera of the Georgetown Museum. Part III. Timehri 3rd ser. (2):207-231. (distribution). - As Polybia chysothorax: - Cameron, 1912Cameron, P. 1912. The Hymenoptera of the Georgetown Museum. Part III. Timehri 3rd ser. (2):207-231. (distribution).
Polistes aurulenta Fabricius, 1804:275, sex not indicated.America meridionali (Mus. Dom. de Sehestedt, leg. Smidt). - Smith, 1857Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London. 147 pp.:126 ( listed as synonym of Polybia chrysothorax (Lichtenstein, 1796)).
Polybia aurichalcea Saussure, 1854:178, Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:108, Holotype ♀, examined (MNHN, Paris). - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:108 ( listed as synonym of Polybia chrysothorax (Lichtenstein, 1796)).
Polybia tapajosensis Cameron, 1906:151, ♀.Rio Tapajos, Amazons (leg. Prof. J.W.H. Trail); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:108, Holotype ♀, examined (BMNH). Synonymized with Polybia chrysothorax (Lichtenstein, 1796) by Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:108.

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Area distribution map

map of Polybia chrysothorax (Lichtenstein, 1796)

Distribution

ARGArgentina
 (Richards, 1978)
BOLBolivia
 (Richards, 1978)
BRABrazil
 (Smith, 1857; Dalla Torre, 1894; Cameron, 1906 [as Polybia tapajosensis Cameron, 1906]; Richards, 1978; Richards, 1978 [as Polybia aurichalcea Saussure, 1854]; Richards, 1978 [as Polybia tapajosensis Cameron, 1906])
COLColombia
 (Richards, 1978)
ECUEcuador
 (Zavattari, 1906; Richards, 1978)
GUFFrench Guiana
 (Smith, 1857; Dalla Torre, 1894; Richards, 1978)
GUYGuyana
 (Cameron, 1912; Bodkin, 1918; Richards, 1978)
PANPanama
 (Richards, 1978)
SURSuriname
 (Richards, 1978)
VENVenezuela
 (Richards, 1978)

Literature

  • Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII.
  • Cameron, P. 1906. On some neotropical Vespidae. The Entomologist 39:151-153.
  • Cameron, P. 1912. The Hymenoptera of the Georgetown Museum. Part III. Timehri 3rd ser. (2):207-231.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181.
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum Ordines, Genera, Species adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Apud Carolum Reichard, Brunsvigae. xiv + 440 + 30 pp.
  • Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.
  • Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London. 147 pp.
  • Zavattari, E. 1906. Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nel Darien, nell' Ecuador e regioni vicine. Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia e Anatomia Comparada dela R. Universita di Torino 21 (529):1-22.