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Polistes hirsuticornis

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Polistes hirsuticornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Tribe: Polistini
Genus: Polistes
Species:
P. hirsuticornis
Binomial name
Polistes hirsuticornis
Matthias Buck et al., 2012 [1]

Polistes hirsuticornis is a species of paper wasp found in North America and described in 2012. Individuals were previously treated under several other species within the P. fuscatus-group (Polistes fuscatus, Polistes metricus, and Polistes bellicosus).[1]

Diagnostic information can be found in the Identification Atlas of the Vespidae of the Northeastern Nearctic Region as "Polistes sp. A".[citation needed] It appears in the NCBI taxonomy as Polistes sp. Buck1.[citation needed]

This species is believed to be an obligate parasite of other social wasps,[1] but no documented observations of this behavior have been made.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Matthias Buck; Tyler P. Cobb; Julie K. Stahlhut; Robert H. Hanner (2008), "Unravelling cryptic species diversity in eastern Nearctic paper wasps, Polistes (Fuscopolistes), using male genitalia, morphometrics and DNA barcoding, with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)" (PDF), Zootaxa, 3502: 1–48
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