BPBM 100770Entomology

Polistes aurifer

Golden Paper Wasp

As recorded: Polistes aurifer de Saussure, 1853

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hymenoptera › Eumenidae

Collected by: Maa, Miyatake, & YoshimotoMiyatake Maa →Carl Masaru Yoshimoto →
Date: August 4, 1961
Locality: Kokee
Record type: Preserved specimen

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

Collected the same day

On August 4, 1961, Maa, Miyatake, & Yoshimoto also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Polistes aurifer. BPBM 100770. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 38174602. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/100770.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 38174602 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 26, 2026

Data-quality notes from GBIF

Coordinates recorded as 0, 0

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