Polistes pacificus

Polistes pacificus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eumenidae

Polistes pacificus is a Neotropical species of social paper wasp belonging to the subfamily Polistinae and the family Vespidae. P. pacificus can be found distributed throughout most of Central and South America and parts of southern North America.

Distribution

Polistes pacificus — (c) Francisco Farriols Sarabia, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Francisco Farriols Sarabia · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Mexico · 35Brazil · 1

Sources and credits

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