Polistes africanus Pal.de Beauv. is a animal in the Eumenidae family, order Hymenoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Polistes africanus Pal.de Beauv.
Polistes africanus is a species of paper wasp that is found across multiple locations in Africa.
The scientific name of this species is Polistes africanus Pal.de Beauv. Polistes africanus is a species of paper wasp that occurs in Africa. Its documented distribution covers Senegal, Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Zaire, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania (including Zanzibar), the Comoros, and South Africa (specifically Kwazulu-Natal and Western Cape Province).
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Polistes versicolor (Olivier, 1791)
Polistes erythrocephalus Latreille, 1813
Abispa ephippium (Fabricius, 1775)
Polybia dimidiata (Olivier, 1791)
Parancistrocerus perennis (de Saussure, 1857)
Monobia quadridens (Linnaeus, 1763)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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