Biology:Polistes olivaceus
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Short description: Species of wasp
| Polistes olivaceus | |
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| P. olivaceus from India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Polistinae |
| Tribe: | Polistini |
| Genus: | Polistes |
| Species: | P. olivaceus
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| Binomial name | |
| Polistes olivaceus DeGeer, 1773
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Polistes olivaceus, also known as the yellow oriental paper wasp[2] or Macao paper wasp,[3] is a species of paper wasp. In the Cook Islands, it is known in English simply as the yellow paper wasp[note 1], while its Cook Island Maori name is "Rango Patia" or other variation depending on the island.[2]
Distribution
It is native to India and East Asia, but also introduced to East Africa, and Pacific island nations such as the Marquesas Islands, Easter Island, Hawaii, and the Cook Islands, in the South Pacific.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Not to be confused with Polistes flavus, Polistes versicolor, or Polistes wattii.
References
- ↑ "Taxonomy for Polistes olivaceus". insectoid.info. http://insectoid.info/insecta/hymenoptera/vespidae/polistes_olivaceus/. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Cook Islands Biodiversity : Polistes olivaceus - Yellow Paper-Wasp" (in en). http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=9369.
- ↑ "Macao paper wasp, Polistes olivaceus (De Geer)". 2010. https://www.entsoc.org/macao-paper-wasp-1.
Wikidata ☰ Q14423457 entry
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