A Fossil Paper Wasp (Vespidae: Polistinae) from the Chibanian (Middle Pleistocene) Shiobara Group in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Yui Takahashi; Hiroaki Aiba

doi:10.2517/PR210027

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Yui Takahashi,¹ Hiroaki Aiba¹

¹Keio Yochisha Elementary School, Ebisu 2-35-1, Shibuya-ku 150-0013, Japan (e-mail: )

Abstract

A specimen belonging to the genus Polistes (Vespidae: Polistinae) is described from the Chibanian (Middle Pleistocene) Shiobara Group, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. The morphology of the forewing and first gastral tergum indicated a more accurate assignment of Polistes sp. This specimen is the first fossil of a paper wasp to be identified in Japan.

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Yui Takahashi and Hiroaki Aiba "A Fossil Paper Wasp (Vespidae: Polistinae) from the Chibanian (Middle Pleistocene) Shiobara Group in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan," Paleontological Research 27(2), 205-210, (1 November 2022). https://doi.org/10.2517/PR210027

Received: 24 September 2021; Accepted: 5 January 2022; Published: 1 November 2022

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