BPBM 100745Entomology

Polistes aurifer

Golden Paper Wasp

As recorded: Polistes aurifer de Saussure, 1853

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hymenoptera › Eumenidae

Collected by: Illingworth, J. F.
Date: June 22, 1926
Locality: Mauna Loa
Record type: Preserved specimen

129 Bishop specimens of Polistes aurifer · collected 1904–1992Species page ›

Collected the same day

On June 22, 1926, Illingworth, J. F. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Polistes aurifer. BPBM 100745. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 38174606. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/100745.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 38174606 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 26, 2026

Data-quality notes from GBIF

Coordinates recorded as 0, 0

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