| Polistes africanus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Polistinae |
| Genus: | Polistes |
| Species: | P. africanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Polistes africanus Palisot de Beauvois, 1818
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Polistes africanus is a species of paper wasp found in Africa. Its range includes Senegal, Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Zaire, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania including Zanzibar, Comoros and South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal, Western Cape Province).[1]