Polistes (Polistella) affinis Gusenleitner, 2006

Lien, Nguyen Thi Phuong, 2017, Notes on the paper wasp genus Polistes (Polistella) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) from the northern part of Vietnam with description of males and nests, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65, pp. 220-225 : 221

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5355981
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scientific name	Polistes (Polistella) affinis Gusenleitner, 2006
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1) Polistes (Polistella) affinis Gusenleitner, 2006 View in CoL

Polistes affinis Gusenleitner 2006: 672 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , female, holotype, Phongsaly environment, Prov. Phongsaly, 1500 m, Laos (Oberösterreich Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria) .

Remarks. Polistes affinis was described by Gusenleitner (2006) based on a single female specimen (holotype) from Phongsaly env., Phongsaly province ( Laos), and three females (paratypes) of the same data as the holotype, which are housed in Oberösterreich Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria. Later, this species was recorded from the northwestern part of Vietnam ( Nguyen et al., 2011), and no further information on this species has been added since then. The male and a nest of this species are described here for the first time.

One nest (Nest#TD-2012-P-01) collected at Tam Dao National Park was examined. As described below, the male is similar to the female both in structure and coloration except for some characters.

Material examined. 17 females, 13 males ( IEBR), Tam Dao NP, Vinh Phuc, alt. 900–1200 m, Nest#TD-2012-P-01, 30.vii-3.viii.2012, T. D. Tran . 2 females ( IEBR), Tam Dao NP, Vinh Phuc, alt. 1000 m, 16.vii.2015, L. T. P. Nguyen .