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Parent Taxon

• Polistes

Sibling Taxa

• Polistes adelphus
• Polistes annularis
• Polistes apicalis
• Polistes arizonensis
• Polistes aterrimus
• Polistes bahamensis
• Polistes bequaertellus
• Polistes biguttatus
• Polistes binotatus
• Polistes brevifissus
• Polistes buyssoni
• Polistes canadensis
• Polistes cavapyta
• Polistes cavapytiformis
• Polistes comanchus
• Polistes consobrinus
• Polistes crinitus
• Polistes cubensis
• Polistes dominicus
• Polistes eburneus
• Polistes erythrocephalus
• Polistes exclamans
• Polistes ferreri
• Polistes franciscanus
• Polistes goeldii
• Polistes huacapistana
• Polistes incertus
• Polistes infuscatus
• Polistes instabilis
• Polistes kaibabensis
• Polistes lanio
• Polistes lineonotus
• Polistes maranonensis
• Polistes melanotus
• Polistes mexicanus
• Polistes minor
• Polistes myersi
• Polistes ninabamba
• Polistes notatipes
• Polistes oculatus
• Polistes penai
• Polistes peruvianus
• Polistes pseudoculatus
• Polistes ridleyi
• Polistes rufidens
• Polistes satan
• Polistes simillimus
• Polistes stabilinus
• Polistes veracrucis
• Polistes versicolor
• Polistes weyrauchorum
• Polistes xanthogaster

Top Observation Places

• Coacalco
• Campeche
• Colima
• Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez
• Tampico
• Ciudad Madero
• Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano
• Puebla
• Córdoba
• Tepic
• Ciudad Victoria
• Puerto Vallarta
• Guatemala City
• Santa Catarina Pinula
• Xalapa de Enríquez
• Coatepec
• Cuernavaca
• Jiutepec
• Temixco
• Tegucigalpa
• San Cristóbal de las Casas
• Brownsville
• Mérida
• Kanasín
• Monterrey
• Guadalupe
• San Nicolás de los Garza
• Jardines de la Silla (Jardines)