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 Petersen, 1987 Polistes stigma bernardii Le Guillou, 1841 Polistes stigma dubius de Saussure, 1867 Polistes stigma galatheae Petersen, 1987 Polistes stigma goestai Petersen, 1987 Polistes stigma jani Petersen, 1987 Polistes stigma maculipennis de Saussure, 1853 Polistes stigma madsi Petersen, 1987 Polistes stigma manillensis de Saussure, 1853 Polistes stigma nebulosus Yamane & Kusigemati, 1985 Polistes stigma novarae de Saussure, 1867 Polistes stigma papuanus Schulz, 1905 Polistes stigma pouli Petersen, 1987 Polistes stigma sauiensis Petersen, 1987 Polistes stigma stigma (Fabricius, 1793) Polistes stigma svendi Petersen, 1987 Polistes stigma tamulus (Fabricius, 1798) Polistes stigma townsvillensis Giordani Soika, 1975 Polistes stigma tualensis Petersen, 1987
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