Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Rev. de Entomologia
Volume
4
Issue
2
Publication Date
6-1-1934
First Page
147
Last Page
157
Abstract
Polistes versicolor (Olivier), one of the most widespread of South American social wasps, is very closely allied to P. crinitus (Felton), a common species of the West Indies. Although the structural differences which separate them are very slight and perhaps not reliable, I shall provisionally treat these two species as distinct. Each of them, while subject to considerable variation in color, nevertheless has its own color scheme. As usual in wasps, some of the color forms of each species are better defined than others; and some may be restricted to definite areas, while others follow no such rule. P. crinitus I regard as restricted to the Antilles, while P. versicolor is peculiar to the Central and South American Continent (including Trinidad, which, from the point of view of its biota, is not part of the West Indies).
Recommended Citation
Bequaert, Joseph, "Color variation in the South American social wasp, Polistes versicolor (Olivier) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)" (1934). Ba. Paper 288.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab_ba/288