Polistes fuscatus

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Shellman, J. S. and Gamboa, G. J. (1982). Nestmate discrimination in social wasps. The role of exposure to nest and nestmates (Polistes fuscatus, Hymenoptera Vespidae). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 11, 51-53. 

Tibbetts, E. A. (2002). Visual signals of individual identity in the wasp Polistes fuscatus. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B, 269,1423-1428. 

Among the subfamily Polistinae, P. annularis, P. exclamans and P. fuscatus are the most important species in southern US states, P. dominulus and P. gallicus (fig. 2d) in southern and Mediterranean areas of Europe. Occasional members of these species are however also observed in regions with a temperate climate. Because Polistes build their nest mostly around or on human buildings, stings may occur frequently, especially in southern countries of Europe and southern US states. 

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