Polistes pacificus

Polistes pacificus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Tribe: Polistini
Genus: Polistes
Species:
P. pacificus
Binomial name
Polistes pacificus
(Fabricius, 1804)
Synonyms[1]
  • Polistes flavopictus Ducke, 1918
  • Polistes liliaceusculus Saussure, 1855
  • Polistes liliaciosus Saussure, 1855
  • Polistes modestus Smith, 1862
  • Polistes trinitatis Bequard, 1937

Polistes pacificus is a Neotropical species of social paper wasp belonging to the subfamily Polistinae and the family Vespidae.[2] P. pacificus can be found distributed throughout most of Central and South America and parts of southern North America. First discovered by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1804, P. pacificus is much darker in color than some other more recognizable Polistes wasps, and is one of the insects commonly eaten by several indigenous groups in Venezuela and Colombia.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Polistes pacificus Fabricius, 1804". GBIF.org. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  2. ^ Carpenter, James; Bolivar Garcete-Barrett; Alexander Lopez (2012). "Las Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) de Guatemala". Biodiversidad de Guatemala. 2. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala: 269–279.
  3. ^ Ruddle, Kenneth (1973). "The Human Use of Insects: Examples from the Yukpa". Biotropica. 5 (2): 94–101. doi:10.2307/2989658. JSTOR 2989658.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Snelling 1983 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).