Bahamian Paper Wasp

Polistes bahamensis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eumenidae

Polistes bahamensis is a large species of colourful paper wasp in the genus Polistes of the family Vespidae which occurs in the Bahamas, Florida and Louisiana. It is also said to occur in Georgia. Taxonomy It was first described as an endemic new species from the Bahamas by Joseph Charles Bequaert and George Salt in 1931, consisting of three varieties based on geography and patterns of coloured markings, P.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 185

Sources and credits

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Bahamian Paper Wasp

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