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Protopolybia wheeleri Bequaert, 1944

Protopolybia picteti wheeleri Bequaert, 1944:121, Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:146, Holotype ♀ (MCZ, Boston); Santos et al., 2020Santos, J.N. dos Jr., O.T. Silveira & J.M. Carpenter 2020. Taxonomic revision of the Protopolybia picteti-emortualis species-group (Richards, 1978), with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae). Zootaxa 4729:228-248.:245, Holotype ♀ (MCZ). - As Protopolybia wheeleri: - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567. (distribution); Valverde et al., 2019Valverde, P., P. Hanson & J. Carpenter 2019. Keys to the Costa Rican species of paper wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae). Revista de Biología Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation) 67 (2):174-199. (distribution); Santos et al., 2020Santos, J.N. dos Jr., O.T. Silveira & J.M. Carpenter 2020. Taxonomic revision of the Protopolybia picteti-emortualis species-group (Richards, 1978), with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae). Zootaxa 4729:228-248. (distribution).

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Area distribution map

map of Protopolybia wheeleri Bequaert, 1944

Distribution

CRICosta Rica
 (Valverde et al., 2019)
NICNicaragua
 (Richards, 1978; Santos et al., 2020)
PANPanama
 (Richards, 1978; Santos et al., 2020; Santos et al., 2020)

Literature

  • Bequaert, J.C. 1944. A revision of Protopolybia Ducke, a genus of neotropical social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Revista de Entomologia 15:97-134.
  • Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.
  • Santos, J.N. dos Jr., O.T. Silveira & J.M. Carpenter 2020. Taxonomic revision of the Protopolybia picteti-emortualis species-group (Richards, 1978), with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae). Zootaxa 4729:228-248.
  • Valverde, P., P. Hanson & J. Carpenter 2019. Keys to the Costa Rican species of paper wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae). Revista de Biología Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation) 67 (2):174-199.