Color variation in the South American social wasp, Polistes carnifex (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Authors

Joseph Bequaert, Harvard Medical School

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Rev. de Entomologia

Volume

6

Publication Date

10-1-1936

First Page

376

Last Page

383

Abstract

Polistes carnifex (Fabricius) is the largest American representative of the genus. It occurs from central Mexico to Paraguay and Misiones (Argentina), but is nowhere common. Many specimens labeled «carnifex» in collections are P. maior Palisot de Beauvais, these two species being commonly confused. True P. carnifex does not occur in the United States nor the Antilles, all published records from Cuba and Santo Domingo referring to P. major.

Recommended Citation

Bequaert, Joseph, "Color variation in the South American social wasp, Polistes carnifex (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)" (1936). Ba. Paper 292.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab_ba/292