MCZ Entomology 36002

Polistes major castaneicolor Bequaert 1936

Holotype of Polistes major castaneicolor

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2013-12-31

North America: United States: Arizona: Cochise | Palmerlee

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:36002 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 36002 Aspect: wing

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Media type: image; Entomology 36002 Aspect: thorax lateral

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Current Identification
Polistes major castaneicolor Bequaert 1936
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Vespoidea Vespidae Polistinae
Determiner: Joseph Charles Bequaert in 1936
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: Determinations made by Bequaert

Bequaert 1936, page 12, Holotype of Polistes major castaneicolor Bequaert 1936 var.
Media type: text; Bequaert 1936 Description: Two New Color forms of Polistes major Palisot de Beauvois form California and Arizona (Hymenoptera: Vespidae);

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Shows Publication: Bequaert 1936 Description: Two New Color forms of Polistes major Palisot de Beauvois form California and Arizona (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

  • type number: 36002

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (mounted) good in collection 1 History

  • None

  • None

  • Labels: Palmerlee Ariz Aug; Collection N. Banks

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Arizona
  • County:
  • Cochise
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/2000091 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Palmerlee
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Palmerlee Ariz Aug.;
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Ghost town, ca. 8 miles W of Hereford. Initially a mining camp known as Reef; then changed to Palmerlee in the early 1900s; then finally to Garces. -RLHawkins, 2020-04-07
  • Georeference:
  • 32.0760420°, -110.08764° (Error radius: 42904m) By: Emily Blank on 2020-03-20 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2013-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Aug
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

  • Preparator:  [no agent data]

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
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