†Polistes vergnei Piton 1940 (wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Full reference: L. Piton. 1940. Paléontologie du Gisement Éocéne de Menat (Puy-de-Dôme) (Flore et Faune) 1-303
Belongs to Polistes according to L. Piton 1940
Sister taxa: Polistes attavina, Polistes industrius, Polistes kirbyanus, Polistes primitiva, Polistes signata
Type specimen: Coll. Piton 409, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Menat (Piton collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Menat (Piton collection)
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