Polistinae, Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1836

Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, P. Girish, Gupta, Ankita & Sureshan, P. M., 2019, Checklist of vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Goa, India, with new records and a key to species, Zootaxa 4585 (2), pp. 269-294 : 287

Key to the genera of the subfamily Polistinae occurring in Goa, India

( modified from Carpenter & Nguyen 2003)

1. First metasomal segment petiolate at the base and strongly swollen apically ( Fig. 107 ); pretegular carina absent ( Fig. 109 )................................................................................. Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville

- First metasomal segment subsessile, funnel shaped in dorsal view ( Fig. 108 ); pretegular carina present ( Figs 110 )................................................................................................. Polistes Latreille

Figures

FIGURES 105–116. 105–106 Propodeum. 105, Antepipona pruthii; 106, Antepipona ovalis. 107–108 Metasoma, dorsal view. 107, Ropalidia cyathiformis; 108, Polistes (Polistella) stigma tumulus. 109–110 Mesosoma, lateral view. 109, Ropalidia cyathiformis; 110, Polistes (Polistella) stigma tumulus. 111–112 Hind wing. 111, Polistes (Polistella) nigritarsis; 112, Polistes (Polistella) stigma tumulus. 113–114 Head, dorsal view. 113, Polistes (Polistella) nigritarsis; 114, Polistes (Polistella) stigma tumulus. 115–116 Metasoma, ventral view. 115, Polistes (Polistella) nigritarsis; 116, Polistes (Polistella) stigma tumulus.