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Polistes - Polistes kaibabensis - female

Polistes - Polistes kaibabensis - Female
Grand Canyon Nat'l Park, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
June 7, 2015

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Polistes - Polistes kaibabensis - female Polistes - Polistes kaibabensis - female Polistes - Polistes kaibabensis - female Polistes - Polistes kaibabensis - female

Congratulations
As far as I can see this is not only a new species for Bugguide but your images seem to be the first for kaibabensis on the web!

Moved
Moved from Polistes.

Interesting wasp!
Even: could you specify the locality a little more? Was it on the north rim? I suspect this could be Polistes kaibabensis, a species restricted to the Grand Canyon area. It would be new for the guide.

 
Location
I used Google Earth to find the exact spot-- this is accurate to within 200 meters, I would say:

36.057775, -112.147647

 
Locality
Thank you, this is very helpful! I will be able to confirm the ID tomorrow.

 
Two more images: adding more
Two more images: adding more of the dorsal thoracic surface, as well as better image of antennal coloration. I imagine you could frass the unnecessary ones after you determine which ones are unnecessary.

 
Thanks!
Good to have for a species that is photographed so rarely!

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