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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps (Vespidae) » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Umbrella Paper Wasps (Polistes) » Subgenus Fuscopolistes (Polistes Subgenus Fuscopolistes) » Golden Paper Wasp (Polistes aurifer)

Species Polistes aurifer - Golden Paper Wasp

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Polistes aurifer Another Polistes from Sweetwater in November - Polistes aurifer - male Polistes? - Polistes aurifer - female Polistes aurifer nest under rock - Polistes aurifer - female Polistes (aurifer?) - Polistes aurifer - male Polistes aurifer? - Polistes aurifer - female Wasp - Polistes aurifer Polistes aurifer? - Polistes aurifer - female
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 (Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps)
Subfamily Polistinae (Paper Wasps)
Genus Polistes (Umbrella Paper Wasps)
No Taxon (Subgenus Fuscopolistes)
Species aurifer (Golden Paper Wasp)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sometimes considered a subspecies of P. fuscatus: Polistes fuscatus aurifer
Explanation of Names
Polistes aurifer Saussure 1853
aurifer = 'gold-bearer' (refers to the color scheme)
Range
A western species (BC-CA to AB-MT-w.TX; ne. Mexico) with one adventitious record from Prince Edward Island, Canada; introduced in Hawaii and Society Is.(1)
Internet References
Species page(1)
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 tom murray on 21 July, 2005 - 3:50pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Matthias Buck, Chuck Entz, v belov, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 3 September, 2021 - 1:55pm

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