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"texanus"

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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)
No Taxon "texanus"
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Polistes texanus was described by Cresson (1872), and is currently considered a synonym of P. apachus. Nonetheless, it is possible that it is a good species. The status of P. texanus is currently under investigation.
Identification
Similar to P. apachus but lacking the yellow stripes on the scutum. In P. apachus the stripes are always present in females but they can be absent in males. On the gena (behind the eye in lateral view) the yellow area bleeds gradually into the ferruginous area (both are sharply separated in P. apachus).
Range
Currently known from Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.