Latest Articles from Zoosystematics and Evolution Latest 1 Articles from Zoosystematics and Evolution https://zse.pensoft.net/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 15:45:44 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://zse.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Zoosystematics and Evolution https://zse.pensoft.net/ An anocellar polistine wasp (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) from Texas https://zse.pensoft.net/article/10548/ Zoosystematics and Evolution 92(2): 251-255

DOI: 10.3897/zse.92.10548

Authors: Volker Lohrmann, George C. Waldren, Martin Reiß, Michael S. Engel

Abstract: A remarkable teratological female of Polistes (Fuscopolistes) dorsalis neotropicus Bequaert, 1940 (Vespidae: Polistinae) is described and illustrated. The specimen lacks all three external dorsal ocelli but is normally developed in almost every other aspect. Additionally, similar findings in other Hymenoptera are briefly discussed, as are the consequences and the reasons that might cause the random loss of ocelli.

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