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Polistes - Polistes bahamensis - female

Polistes - Polistes bahamensis - Female
Three Forks Marsh, Brevard County, Florida, USA
September 19, 2021
Polistes dorsalis?

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Polistes - Polistes bahamensis - female Polistes - Polistes bahamensis - female Polistes - Polistes bahamensis - female Polistes - Polistes bahamensis - female

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.

 
So in VA I might be seeing P.
So in VA I might be seeing P. bahamensis, which I think is exclamans?

I mean, at least the VA (wher
I mean, at least the VA (where I live) equivalent to this would be exclamans.

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.

 
Apologies
Sorry I didn't add more shots, I just checked and I am going to put some more up.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

P. exclamans
P. exclamans

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