Polistes humilis, (Fabricius)

Carpenter, James M. & Brown, Graham R., 2022, Catalogue of the Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), Zootaxa 5214 (4), pp. 451-495 : 455-456

humilis humilis (Fabricius)

Vespa humilis Fabricius, 1781: 461 - “in nova Hollandia ” ( lectotype male London); 1787: 288. - Gmelin, 1790: 2752. - Olivier, 1792: 682. - Fabricius, 1793: 261. - Zimsen, 1964: 403 (list). - Richards, 1978: 43 (designation of lectotype).

Polistes humilis ; Fabricius, 1804: 270. - de Saussure, 1853: 52 (“La Tasmanie”). - Froggatt, 1892: 233 (cat.). - Dalla Torre, 1894: 130 (cat.); 1904: 70 (cat.). - Meade-Waldo, 1911: 103 (syn.: P. tasmaniensis de Saussure ), 104 (key). - Cumber, 1951: 11–16 (ethology in New Zealand); 1961. 8: 57–58, Fig. 1 (ecology in New Zealand). - Yoshikawa, 1962: 29 (list). - Robertson, 1968: 133–166 (venom apparatus). - Giordani Soika, 1975: 20 ( type redescribed; S. A.; N. S. W.). - Chadwick & Nikitin, 1976: 29 (N. S. W.; parasite: Arthula sp. ). - Owen, 1979: 519–523 (venom). - Sutherland, 1981: 1–128. - Clapperton et al., 1989: 315-323 (distr. in New Zealand), - Williams & Adam, 1993: 478–480 (pollination). - Kojima & Spradbery, 1994: 113 (A. C. T.). - Williams & Adam, 1995: 56 (flower visits). - Clapperton et al., 1996: 19–25 (distr. in New Zealand). - Wenzel, 1998: 25 (nest examined). - Williams & Adam, 1998: 54, 67 (pollen load). - Clapperton, 1999: 11–19 (ecology in New Zealand). - Clapperton & Lo, 2000: 189–195 (nesting biology in New Zealand). - Kasper et al., 2004: 2037–2048 (prey). - Hoggard et al., 2009: 73–76 (biology). - Durant et al., 2009: 568 (nest box occupation). - Boulter et al., 2011: 467 (flower visiting). - Beggs et al., 2011: 514 (introduction in New Zealand). - Hoggard et al., 2013: 53–58 (antimicrobial defenses). - Viollet & Zeil, 2013: 1280–1291 (flight). - Santos et al., 2015: Figs 1–8, 9 (phylogenetic relationships). - Nguyen et al., 2018: Figs 1–3 (phylogenetic relationships). - Lefort et al., 2020: 57–79 (diet in New Zealand). - Schmack et al., 2020: 441–452 (ecology in New Zealand); 2021: 1199–1211 (ecology in New Zealand).

Polistes Tasmaniensis de Saussure, 1853: 66 , pl.VI Fig. 6, female, male - “La Nouvelle-Hollande ” ( lectotype female Paris); 1863: 236. - Froggatt, 1892: 233 (cat.). - Dalla Torre, 1894: 135 (cat.); 1904: 71 (cat.). - Froggatt, 1907: 1–449 (ethology). - Meade-Waldo, 1911: 103 (syn. of P. humilis (Fabricius)) . - Brewster, 1912: 140 (rearing). - Brewster et al., 1946: 1–332 (Qld.; rearing). - Ramsay, 1964: 10–16 (prey in New Zealand: larvae of Danaus plexippus (L.)). - Crosskey, 1973: 180 (parasite: Anacamptomyia nigriventris Malloch ). - Richards, 1978: 43 (designation of lectotype). - Casolari & Casolari Moreno, 1979: 126 (list).

Polistes Tricolor de Saussure, 1853: 67 , female - “La Nouvelle-Hollande ” (London) [junior secondary homonym of Polistes tricolor ( Fabricius, 1775) ]. - Froggatt, 1892: 233 (cat.). - Dalla Torre, 1894: 135 (cat.); 1904: 71 (cat.). - Meade-Waldo, 1911: 104 (key). - Yoshikawa, 1962: 39 (list). - Richards, 1978: 43 (syn. of P. humilis (Fabricius)) .

Polistes humilis pseudoschach Giordani Soika, 1975: 21 , female - “ N. S. Wales: Dubbo” (Sydney; not found); also from Buckinguy; and Qld. - Richards, 1978: 43 (syn. of P. humilis humilis (Fabricius)) . - Borsato & Ratti, 1999: 101 ( pseudoscach [!]; list).

Polistes humilis humilis ; Richards, 1978: 10 (key), 43 (in subgenus Polistella ; nest; redescription). - Cardale, 1985: 212 (in subgenus Polistella ; cat.). - Field & Darby, 1991: 195 (screened for biocontrol agent Sphecophaga vesparum ). - Carpenter, 1996b: 11 (in subgenus Polistella ; list). - Kojima, 1998: 21, 212 (larva).

Distribution: SE coastal, Murray-Darling basin; Qld., N. S. W., A.C.T., Vic., S. A.; introduced into New Zealand (1880s).