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Polistes
africanus
Palisot
de Beauvais, 1818 |
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Polistes albicinctus Saussure, 1890 |
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Polistes albocalcaratus Buysson, 1905 |
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Polistes aquilinus Busson, 1905 |
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Polistes badius Gerstaecker, 1871 |
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Polistes bituberculatus
Buysson, 1905 |
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Polistes defectivus Gerstaecker, 1871 |
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Polistes
dominulus (Christ, 1791) |
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Polistes ellenbergi Buysson, 1908 |
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Polistes fastidiosus Saussure, 1853 |
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Polistes flavipennis Saussure, 1853 |
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Polistes haugi Buysson, 1906 |
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Polistes macaensis (Fabricius, 1901) |
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Polistes macrocephalus
Bequaert, 1918 |
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Polistes maculipennis Saussure, 1853 |
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Polistes madecassus Saussure, 1853 |
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Polistes marginalis Fabricius, 1804 |
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Polistes rubidus Lepeletier, 1836 |
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Polistes saussurei Dalla Torre, 1894 |
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Polistes smithii Saussure, 1853 |
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Polistes spilophorus Schletterer, 1891 |
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Polistes tristis Meade Waldo, 1911 |
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Polistes tullgreni Schulz, 1906 |
Distribution
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Worldwide.
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Biology |
Social, constructing communal paper nests. Larvae are fed
on chewed-up, soft-bodied insects such as caterpillars. |
References |
Bequaert, J.C. 1918.
A revision of the Vespidae of the Belgian Congo based on the collection of the
American Museum Congo Expedition: with a list of Ethiopian diplopterous wasps.
Bulletin of the AMNH 39: 1-384.
Eardley, C., Koch, F., Wood, A.R. 2009.
Polistes dominulus (Christ, 1791) (Hymenoptera: Polistinae: Vespidae) newly
recorded from South Africa : short communication.
African Entomology 17:
226-227. |
Credits
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Photographs
© Vida van der Walt (Pretoria) or © Marian Oliver (Cape Town).
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