Polistes major castaneicolor is a subspecies of red paper wasp found in the Sonoran Desert. It ranges from Arizona, United States, to Sonora, Mexico.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Polistinae |
| Genus: | Polistes |
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| Subspecies: | P. m. castaneicolor
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| Polistes major castaneicolor Bequaert, 1936
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Taxonomy edit
P. major castaneicolor is one of the five subspecies of Polistes major, along with Polistes major bonaccensis, Polistes major columbianus, Polistes major major, and Polistes major weyrauchi. The subspecies was first described by Joseph Charles Bequaert in 1936.[1]
Description edit
Polistes major castaneicolor is a large wasp, with its species reaching a body length of 17 to 22 mm (0.67 to 0.87 in) in length and a wingspan of up to 45 mm (1.8 in).[2] This subspecies has a completely reddish body with at most yellow on the inner orbits, fore coxae, and tarsi. It is notably convergent in coloration with P. canadensis, which co-occurs within the range of P. m. castaneicolor.[3]
References edit
- ^ Bequaert, Joseph Charles (1936). "Two new color forms of Polistes major Palisot de Beauvois from California and Arizona (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)". Entomology News. 47: 7–13.
- ^ Snyder, Susan Leach (2013). "Order Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, and Sawflies) in the Christopher B. Smith Preserve". Tortoise Preserve. Conservancy of Southwest Florida. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Richards, Owain Westmacott (1978). The social wasps of the Americas, excluding the Vespinae. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 477–488. ISBN 0565007858.
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