Apache Paper Wasp

Polistes apachus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eumenidae

Polistes apachus is a social wasp native to western North America. It is known in English by the common name Texas paper wasp, or southwestern Texas paper wasp. It has also been called the Apache wasp, perhaps first by Simmons et al.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1,642Mexico · 41

Sources and credits

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Apache Paper Wasp

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