Polistes tristis Meade Waldo, 1911.
Holotype:
Type Locality: Mombasa, Kenya.
Distribution
Kenya.
Biology
Social, constructing communal paper nests
comprising a single horizontally orientated comb with downward pointing
cells. Larvae are fed on chewed-up, soft-bodied insects such as
caterpillars.
Reference
Bequaert, J.C. 1918.
A revision of the Vespidae of the Belgian Congo based on the collection of the
American Museum Congo Expedition: with a list of Ethiopian diplopterous wasps.
Bulletin of the AMNH 39: 1-384.
