Polistes fastidiosus de Saussure, 1853 is a animal in the Eumenidae family, order Hymenoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Polistes fastidiosus de Saussure, 1853

Polistes fastidiosus de Saussure, 1853

Polistes fastidiosus de Saussure, 1853 is a paper wasp species found across parts of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

Family
Genus
Polistes
Order
Hymenoptera
Class
Insecta

About Polistes fastidiosus de Saussure, 1853

Polistes fastidiosus, scientifically named Polistes fastidiosus de Saussure, 1853, is a species of paper wasp. This species has been recorded in the following locations: Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Benin, Nigeria, Zaire, Sudan, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kenya, Tanzania (including Zanzibar), Zambia, Mozambique, and South Africa (specifically Transvaal and Cape Province).

Photo: (c) Remco Hofland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Remco Hofland · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Eumenidae Polistes

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