Polistes lanio

Polistes lanio is a species of paper wasp and one of several species in the subgenus Polistes (Aphanilopterus) known as a jack Spaniard wasp.

Distribution
This species occurs throughout South America and on Trinidad.

Subspecies
This species is divided into the following subspecies:


 * Polistes lanio lanio (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Polistes lanio satanulus Bequaert 1940
 * Polistes lanio weberi Bequaert 1940