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Bahamian Paper Wasp (Polistes bahamensis)
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Efram Goldberg
Polistes -
Polistes bahamensis
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Three Forks Marsh, Brevard County, Florida, USA
September 19, 2021
Polistes dorsalis?
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Efram Goldberg
on 20 September, 2021 - 11:32am
Last updated 25 September, 2021 - 8:40pm
Moved
Moved from
bahamensis or exclamans
.
The fore coxae appear sufficiently black in all angles, so this should be safe to call
P. bahamensis
using Matthias' notes. The species is very close to the more widespread
P. exclamans
(in fact, so close that Bequaert, 1940, considered it to be a subspecies thereof).
P. exclamans
should always have the fore coxae either yellow-marked or in the least noticeably ferruginous. They *typically* also have the gaster much more prominently yellow-marked (as in specimens from Virginia, for example), though Matthias has noted that Floridian specimens can, on occasion, be darker and with less prominent banding.
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Jonathan Hoskins
, 25 September, 2021 - 8:40pm
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So in VA I might be seeing P.
So in VA I might be seeing P. bahamensis, which I think is exclamans?
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Silas J. Eckhardt
, 26 September, 2021 - 4:13pm
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I mean, at least the VA (wher
I mean, at least the VA (where I live) equivalent to this would be exclamans.
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Silas J. Eckhardt
, 25 September, 2021 - 1:42pm
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Moved
Moved from
Umbrella Paper Wasps
.
Fore coxae look dark enough that I would think this would be
P. habamensis
instead. I'm not familiar with many specimens of the species with this much yellow on the mesopleuron, so it may be good to let Matthias Buck verify that bit.
As far as
P. dorsalis
, the strongly contrasted antennal tips, yellow behind the ocelli (on the occiput), and that more extensive yellow spot on the mesopleuron rule out the species. The first segment of the gaster is also a bit more narrowed and elongate.
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Jonathan Hoskins
, 20 September, 2021 - 10:54pm
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Apologies
Sorry I didn't add more shots, I just checked and I am going to put some more up.
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Efram Goldberg
, 25 September, 2021 - 12:58pm
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Bob Biagi
, 20 September, 2021 - 5:07pm
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P. exclamans
P. exclamans
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Silas J. Eckhardt
, 20 September, 2021 - 4:59pm
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