Summary description from Wikipedia:

Polistes aurifer in languages:

English

Golden Paper Wasp

English

Gold-bearing Paper Wasp

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Parent Taxon

• Polistes

Sibling Taxa

• Polistes apachus
• Polistes aurifer
• Polistes bellicosus
• Polistes carolina
• Polistes dorsalis
• Polistes flavus
• Polistes fuscatus
• Polistes hirsuticornis
• Polistes metricus
• Polistes parametricus
• Polistes poeyi
• Polistes rossi
• Polistes rubiginosus

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