Polistes hirsuticornis
This species was described in 2012. Individuals were previously placed in the P. fuscatus-group (Polistes fuscatus, Polistes metricus, Polistes bellicosus). Diagnostic information can be found in the Identification Atlas of the Vespidae of the Northeastern Nearctic Region as "species A". It appears in the NCBI taxonomy as [Polistes sp. Buck1.
| Polistes hirsuticornis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Polistinae |
| Tribe: | Polistini |
| Genus: | Polistes |
| Species: | P. hirsuticornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Polistes hirsuticornis | |
This species is believed to be an obligate parasite of other social wasps, but no documented observations of this behavior have been made.
References
- 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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