Species Polistes hirsuticornis - Hairy-horned Paper Wasp

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Polistes undescribed species A - Polistes hirsuticornis - female

Isodontia elegans? - Polistes hirsuticornis

Yellow-faced wasp, Polistes sp., perhaps? - Polistes hirsuticornis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Vespoidea

Family Vespidae (Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies)

Subfamily Polistinae (Paper Wasps)

Genus Polistes (Umbrella Paper Wasps)

No Taxon (Subgenus Fuscopolistes)

Species hirsuticornis (Hairy-horned Paper Wasp)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

This species was recently described in Zootaxa 3502: 1–48 (2012) (PDF of abstract). It was previously confused with other species from the P. fuscatus-group (P. fuscatus, P. metricus, P. bellicosus). The species was first mentioned in the Identification Atlas of the Vespidae of the Northeastern Nearctic Region as "species A". (1)

Explanation of Names

The name hirsuticornis refers to the hairy antenna.

Range

Southern New York to northern Florida, west to Missouri. Distribution insufficiently known.

Life Cycle

This species is suspected to be an obligate social parasite but no observations on a nest have ever been made.

Print References

Buck, M., T.P. Cobb, J.K. Stahlhut & R.H. Hanner (2012): Unravelling cryptic species diversity in eastern Nearctic paper wasps, Polistes (Fuscopolistes), using male genitalia, morphometrics and DNA barcoding, with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Zootaxa 3502: 1-48. (PDF of abstract)

Internet References

Species page in the Identification Atlas of the Vespidae of the Northeastern Nearctic Region. (1) (as "species A")

Works Cited

1.	Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the Northeastern Nearctic Region Matthias Buck, Stephen A. Marshall, and David K. B. Cheung. 2008. Biological Survey of Canada [Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification].

Contributed by Matthias Buck on 29 February, 2008 - 3:51pm
Additional contributions by Vespula vulgaris, PaleoJon
Last updated 6 August, 2021 - 1:08am

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