Polistes stigma is a species of paper wasp from the Paleotropics.
Distribution
P. stigma is widely distributed from India south to Australia and east to Taiwan and Fiji.
Subspecies
Of 19 described subspecies, most are island endemics. The exceptions are P. s. bernardii in Australia and New Guinea, P. s. stigma in Mainland Southeast Asia and Indonesia, P. s. townsvillensis in Australia and P. s. tamulus in India and Sri Lanka.
- Polistes stigma alagari <small>Petersen, 1987</small>
- Polistes stigma bernardii <small>Le Guillou, 1841</small>
- Polistes stigma dubius <small>de Saussure, 1867</small>
- Polistes stigma galatheae <small>Petersen, 1987</small>
- Polistes stigma goestai <small>Petersen, 1987</small>
- Polistes stigma jani <small>Petersen, 1987</small>
- Polistes stigma maculipennis <small>de Saussure, 1853</small>
- Polistes stigma madsi <small>Petersen, 1987</small>
- Polistes stigma manillensis <small>de Saussure, 1853</small>
- Polistes stigma nebulosus <small>Yamane & Kusigemati, 1985</small>
- Polistes stigma novarae <small>de Saussure, 1867</small>
- Polistes stigma papuanus <small>Schulz, 1905</small>
- Polistes stigma pouli <small>Petersen, 1987</small>
- Polistes stigma sauiensis <small>Petersen, 1987</small>
- Polistes stigma stigma <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
- Polistes stigma svendi <small>Petersen, 1987</small>
- Polistes stigma tamulus <small>(Fabricius, 1798)</small>
- Polistes stigma townsvillensis <small>Giordani Soika, 1975</small>
- Polistes stigma tualensis <small>Petersen, 1987</small>
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