Yellowjackets, Hornets, And Paper Wasps

Figures 10–17.Polistes (Polistella) brunetus sp. n., male. 10–11 Head 10 Frontal view 11 Lateral view 12 Right antenna 13–14 Terminal sterna 13 Ventral view 14 Apical part, lateral view 15 Inner aspect of paremere with digitus and volsella 16–17 Aedeagus 16 Ventral view 17 Lateral view. Scale 1 mm.

Figures 11–16.Female of Symmorphus (Symmorphus) cavatus Li & Chen, sp. n. 11 general habitus 12 clypeus 13 vertex in dorsal view 14 T1–2 15 mesepisternum; 16 propodeum.

Figure 3.Shape PCA of all five OTUs of the Polistes gallicus-group. a, b Scatterplot of first against second shape PC a females b males c, d Scatterplot of isosize against first shape PC c females d males. Symbols: orange circles = Polistes biglumis, purple triangles = Polistes bischoffi, green diamonds = Polistes gallicus, blue rectangles = Polistes hellenicus, red dots = Polistes helveticus. In parentheses, the variance explained by each shape PC. Encircled upper case letters show the position of the type specimens of various nominal taxa: (A) Polistes bimaculatus pamirensis Zirngiebl, 1955, syntypes; (B) Polistes bimaculatus nigrinotum Zirngiebl, 1955, holotype; (C) Polistes bischoffi Weyrauch, 1937, neotype; (D) Polistes foederatus obscuricornis Mader, 1936, syntypes; (E) Polistes omissus ordubadensis Zirngiebl, 1955, holotype; (F) Polistes omissus kaszabi Giordani Soika, 1970, holotype; (G) Polistes foederatus albellus Giordani Soika, 1976, paratype; (H) Polistes helveticus Neumeyer sp. n., holotype; (I) Polistes dubius Kohl, 1898, lectotype; (J) Polistes foederatus Kohl, 1898, holotype; (K) Polistes gallicus mongolicus Buysson, 1911, syntype; (L) Polistes hellenicus Arens, 2011, holotype.

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Vespa mandariniaI am holding the world's LARGEST hornet in my hand. Русский: Азиатский огромный шершень на руке у человека.23 July 2007From Wikimedia Commons

Figures 17–21.Male of Symmorphus (Symmorphus) nigriclypeus Li & Chen, sp. n. 17 general habitus 18 clypeus 19 antennal apex in lateral view 20 mesosoma in dorsal view 21 T1.

Figure 9.Different aspects of a female (individual RN0138) of Polistes helveticus sp. n.: a frontal view of head b lateral view of lower face with malar space and mandible c mesopleural region of mesosoma d lateral view of body e dorsal view of body. The red arrow in picture (c) is pointing to the rather reduced epicnemial carina, and the white arrow to the quite distinct mesopleural signum (sensu Carpenter 1996a), a structure also called a sternopleural groove (Richards 1973).

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Bee ball to protect from Asian giant hornetThe Japanese honeybees (Apis cerana japonica) forming a "bee ball" in which two hornets (Vespa simillima xanthoptera) are engulfed and being heated. Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, Honshu Island,Japan. 日本語: ニホンミツバチの蜂球。内部にはキイロスズメバチがいる。2005年7月30日投稿者が横浜市内にて撮影30 July 2005From Wikimedia Commons

Figure 1.Ropalidia spp., habitus (♀). A Ropalidia artifex (de Saussure, 1854) B Ropalidia bicolorata van der Vecht, 1962 C Ropalidia cyathiformis (Fabricius, 1804) D Ropalidia fasciata (Fabricius, 1804) E Ropalidia flavopicta (Smith, 1857) F Ropalidia hongkongensis (de Saussure, 1854)G Ropalidia malaisei van der Vecht, 1962 H Ropalidia marginata (Lepeletier, 1793) I Ropalidia mathematica (Smith, 1860) J Ropalidia obscura Gusenleitner, 1996.

Figure 10.Different aspects of a male (individual RN0153) of Polistes helveticus sp. n.: a frontal view of head b anterolateral view of lower face c lateral view of body d dorsal view of body. The arrows are pointing to the isolated black area (a) bordering the torulus, the very faint lateral ridges of clypeus (b) or the ventrolateral angle of the pronotum (c).

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Vespa mandarinia japonica日本語: オオスズメバチ English: Vespa mandarinia japonica (Asian giant hornet) in Ibigawa, Gifu pref., Japan.21 October, 2012From Wikimedia Commons

Figure 1.Ropalidia spp., habitus (♀). A Ropalidia artifex (de Saussure, 1854) B Ropalidia bicolorata van der Vecht, 1962 C Ropalidia cyathiformis (Fabricius, 1804) D Ropalidia fasciata (Fabricius, 1804) E Ropalidia flavopicta (Smith, 1857) F Ropalidia hongkongensis (de Saussure, 1854)G Ropalidia malaisei van der Vecht, 1962 H Ropalidia marginata (Lepeletier, 1793) I Ropalidia mathematica (Smith, 1860) J Ropalidia obscura Gusenleitner, 1996.

Figure 12.Drawings of morphological characters used in the key to European paper wasps (Polistes) of the gallicus-group: Mesopleuron with abrupt (a) or gradual (b) sculpture change; female antennae with dark (c) or bright (d) upper side of flagellomeres; male apical flagellum dark (e) or bright (f) on upper side; head in frontal view with black band across clypeus (g) or isolated black spot (h); apical mesosoma in dorsal view with drop-shaped spots on mesoscutum, posterior pronotal stripes ending far from pronotal carina (i) or without drop-shaped spots, pronotal stripes approaching pronotal carina (k); head in dorsal view with genae convex (l) or immediately narrowing (m). Drawings a, b, c, d, f are courtesy of H. Cigler, g, h, i, k of D. Lawniczak, and e, l, m of CSCF.

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