{"title":"DESCRIPTION OF A NEW AMAZONIAN SPECIES OF POLISTES (EPICNEMIUS) (VESPIDAE: POLISTINAE: POLISTINI)","authors":"A. Somavilla, J. Carpenter","doi":"10.1664/NYES-D-21-00005","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The genus Polistes Latreille 1802 is the only cosmopolitan genus in the social Vespidae. In this paper, a new species of the genus is described, Polistes (Epicnemius) orlandoi Somavilla & Carpenter sp. n., collected in Amazonas State, Brazil. The male genitalia are described and comparative remarks are given.","PeriodicalId":51040,"journal":{"name":"Entomologica Americana","volume":"7 1","pages":"11 - 16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Entomologica Americana","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1664/NYES-D-21-00005","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ENTOMOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract The genus Polistes Latreille 1802 is the only cosmopolitan genus in the social Vespidae. In this paper, a new species of the genus is described, Polistes (Epicnemius) orlandoi Somavilla & Carpenter sp. n., collected in Amazonas State, Brazil. The male genitalia are described and comparative remarks are given.
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Entomologica Americana, the journal of The New York Entomological Society, publishes original research on the taxonomy, classification, phylogeny, biogeography, behavior and natural history of insects and other arthropod taxa. Manuscripts are published as research articles, shorter scientific notes or book reviews.