An anocellar polistine wasp (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) from Texas

A remarkable teratological female of Polistes (Fuscopolistes) dorsalis neotropicus Bequaert, 1940 (Vespidae: Polistinae) is described and illustrated. The specimen lacks all three external dorsal ocelli but is normally developed in almost every other aspect. Additionally, similar f...

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Main Authors: Volker Lohrmann, George C. Waldren, Martin Reiß, Michael S. Engel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2016-12-01
Series:Zoosystematics and Evolution
Online Access:http://zse.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=10548