Crested Paper Wasp

Polistes dorsalis neotropicus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eumenidae

Polistes dorsalis is a species of social wasps that can be found throughout various parts of North America. It is classified under the Vespidae within the genus of Polistes. Male Polistes dorsalis wasps can be distinguished from other Polistes species by their distinctly prominent median tubercle of sternum 7.

Distribution

Crested Paper Wasp — (c) Alessandro Franchini, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 2Mexico · 1

Sources and credits

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