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Species Polistes apachus - Apache Paper Wasp

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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 apachus (Apache Paper Wasp)
Other Common Names
Texas Paper Wasp
Explanation of Names
Polistes apachus Saussure 1857
Range
CO, KS, NM, OK, TX(1); introduced to CA, NV (Ebeling, 1975)

Per Matthias Buck, P. apachus is absent from Arizona. Records in the literature may instead refer to the xanthic form of P. aurifer.(2)
Print References
Ebeling, Walter (1975). "Chapter 9, part 2: Pests Attacking Man and his Pets". Urban Entomology. Berkeley: Division of Agricultural Sciences, University of California (UC Riverside Entomology). ISBN 978-0931876196.
Works Cited
1.James M. Carpenter. Distributional checklist of species of the genus Polistes (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae, Polistini)
2.Paper Wasp Queen with Parasites
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 1 September, 2006 - 11:58am
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 2 September, 2021 - 10:49pm

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