Polistes hirsuticornis
Appearance
Polistes hirsuticornis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Vespidae |
Subfamily: | Polistinae |
Tribe: | Polistini |
Genus: | Polistes |
Species: | P. hirsuticornis
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Binomial name | |
Polistes hirsuticornis |
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
[edit]- ^ 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