The Paper Wasps and Hornets of Florida (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae & Vespinae) By Hugo Kons Jr. & Rex Rowan

APPENDIX B: Nest Mate Associations of Florida Polistinae Species

Polistes dorsalis

NEST VOUCHER NUMBER: HLKNEST: 1

State: Florida

County: Alachua

Locality: Southeast corner of Southwest 34th Street X Williston Road

Coordinates: N 29.60371°, W 82.37033°

Date: 26 November 2012

Habitat: Fields, mesic hardwood-pine forest

Substrate: Sweet Gum, about 2 feet high, facing down

Collector: Hugo L. Kons Jr.

In the majority of nests located of Polistes dorsalis the females have the mesopleuron, metapleuron, and lateral side of the propodeum predominately black. This nest is one such example. However, a few intermediate specimens may occur with the mesopleuron and lateral propodeum mixed black and ferruginous, such as with voucher specimen HLKHYM:75 (below).

FEMALES

MALES