Polistes exclamans
Guinea Paper Wasp
As recorded: Polistes exclamans Viereck, 1906
Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hymenoptera › Eumenidae
- Collected by
- Sakimura, R.
- Date
- May 17, 1964
- Locality
- Honolulu
- Identified by
- Snelling, R. R.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Polistes exclamans observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1964. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 21,684 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 103893. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 38175020. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/103893.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 38175020 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Coordinates recorded as 0, 0
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