New records of Polistes paper wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) for Georgia with first DNA barcodes from Vashlovani National Park

Authors: Japoshvili, George Countries: Azerbaijan, Georgia DOI: 10.3897/caucasiana.5.e177177 Published: Jan. 1, 2026 Source: Caucasiana OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Biodiversity hotspot · Topics: Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny, Plant and animal studies

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We hereby present the first country records of two vespid species of the genus Polistes Latreille, 1802 (Vespidae) — Polistes bucharensis Erichson, 1849 and P. mongolicus du Buysson, 1911 — for Georgia (Sakartvelo). We identified specimens morphologically and confirmed the identification with DNA barcode data. Based on this, we provide some of the first DNA barcodes for these species from the region as a basis for future research.

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