Summary description from Wikipedia:

Polistes carnifex in languages:

English

Executioner Paper Wasp

English

Executioner Wasp

Portuguese

Marimbondo transformador

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Parent Taxon

• Polistes

Sibling Taxa

• Polistes carnifex

Child Taxa

• Polistes carnifex boliviensis
• Polistes carnifex carnifex
• Polistes carnifex rufipennis

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