HYMENOPTERA :: Vespidae :: Polistinae :: Parapolybia

Parapolybia indica (de Saussure, 1854)

Biology

Eusocial wasps. Colonies founded by a single queen.  Scavage on dead arthropods, carrion or actively hunting.

Sources

Barthélémy, C. A. Provisional Identification Guide to the Social Vespids of Hong Kong (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Available online: http://insectahk.com

Barthélémy C & Guénard B. 2025. An annotated and illustrated checklist of Hong Kong aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoid wasps; Pompilioidea; Scolioidea; Thynnoidea; Tiphioidea; Vespoidea; Chrysidoidea). Insecta Mundi 1115: 1–230.

Kojima, J. 1992. Temporal relationships of rubbing behavior with foraging and petiole enlargement in Parapolybia indica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Insectes Sociaux 39: 275–284.

Saito-Morooka, F., Nguyen, L. T., & Kojima, J. I. 2015. Review of the paper wasps of the Parapolybia indica species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) in eastern parts of Asia. Zootaxa 3947(2): 215–235.

Sekijima, M., Sugiura, M., & Matsuura, M. 1980. Nesting habits and brood development of Parapolybia indica Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). 三重大學農學部學術報告= The bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, Mie University 61: 11–23.

Suzuki, T. 2003. Queen replacement without gerontocracy in the paper wasp Parapolybia indica in temperate Japan. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 15(2): 191–196.