| Polistes hirsuticornis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Polistinae |
| Tribe: | Polistini |
| Genus: | Polistes |
| Species: | P. hirsuticornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Polistes hirsuticornis | |
Polistes hirsuticornis is a species of paper wasp found in North America and described in 2012. Individuals were previously treated under several other species within the P. fuscatus-group ( Polistes fuscatus , Polistes metricus , and Polistes bellicosus ). [1]
Diagnostic information can be found in the Identification Atlas of the Vespidae of the Northeastern Nearctic Region as "Polistes sp. A". [2] It appears in the NCBI taxonomy as Polistes sp. Buck1.[ citation needed ]
This species is believed to be an obligate parasite of other social wasps, [1] but no documented observations of this behavior have been made.[ citation needed ]