Polistes olivaceus

Polistes olivaceus is a species of paper wasp 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. In the Cook Islands, its English name is "Yellow Paper-Wasp", while its Cook Island Maori name is "Rango Patia" or other variation depending on the island.[2]

Polistes olivaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Tribe: Polistini
Genus: Polistes
Species:
P. olivaceus
Binomial name
Polistes olivaceus
DeGeer, 1773
Synonyms[1]
  • Vespa olivacea (DeGeer, 1773)
  • Polistes hebraeus (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Polistes macaensis (Fabricius, 1793)

References

  1. "Taxonomy for Polistes olivaceus". insectoid.info. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. "Cook Islands Biodiversity : Polistes olivaceus - Yellow Paper-Wasp". cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-03-04.


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