Polistes exclamans
Guinea Paper Wasp
As recorded: Polistes exclamans Viereck, 1906
Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hymenoptera › Eumenidae
- Collected by
- Hoyt, C.
- Date
- September 1, 1952
- Locality
- B. P. Bishop Museum
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On September 1, 1952, Hoyt, C. also collected 8 other specimens.
Polistes exclamans observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1952. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 21,683 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-29.
2026-10-29
E Academy St, Clayton, NJ, US
(c) Finch Storto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-29
County Road 166, McKinney, TX, US
(c) Laura Kimberly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-29
Forest De Ville Dr, Saint Louis, MO, US
(c) shroomer321, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
5365 CR 326, Lexington, Lee Co, TX, USA
(c) Linda Jo Conn, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-27
E Marvin Ave, Waxahachie, TX, US
(c) abedin13, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
Waxahachie, TX, USA
(c) Sam Kieschnick, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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Cite this specimen
Polistes exclamans. BPBM 103860. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 38174832. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/103860.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 38174832 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Coordinates recorded as 0, 0
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