A new paper wasp from Late Eocene of France (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)

Adrien Perrard; André Nel; James M Carpenter

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3753.6.2

A new paper wasp from Late Eocene of France (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)

Zootaxa. 2014 Jan 10:3753:542-8. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.6.2.

Authors

Adrien Perrard¹, André Nel², James M Carpenter³

Affiliations

¹ UMR 7205, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 45 Rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France.; Email: [email protected].
² UMR 7205, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 45 Rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France.; Email: [email protected].
³ Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, 10024, New-York City, NY, USA.; Email: [email protected].

PMID: 24869513
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.6.2

Abstract

The new vespid genus and species Palaeopolistes jattioti gen. et. sp. nov. is described from the Late Eocene of Monteils (Gard, France). The new taxon has clear features of the Polistinae but its tribal assignment is uncertain.

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Fossils
France
Wasps / anatomy & histology*
Wasps / classification*