MCZ Entomology 33139

Polistes mexicanus

Holotype of Polistes canadensis var. mexicanus

Date Collected:

1929-08-20/1929-08-23

North America: Mexico: Morelos | Cuernavaca

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:33139 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Polistes mexicanus
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Vespoidea Vespidae Polistinae
Determiner: Joseph C. Bequaertlinked data icon in 1940
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: Determinations made by Joseph C. Bequaert
Previous Identification
Polistes canadensis var. mexicanus Bequaert 1940
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Vespoidea Vespidae Polistinae
Determiner: Joseph C. Bequaertlinked data icon in 1940
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: holotype designation

Bequaert 1940, page 10, Holotype of Polistes canadensis var. mexicanus Bequaert 1940
Media type: text; Bequaert 1940 Description: An introductory study of Polistes in the United States and Canada with descriptions of some new North and South American forms (Hymenoptera ; Vespidae);

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  • type number: 33139

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (mounted) good, tentative unknown 1 History

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  • Labels: " Guernavaca, Mex. 20-23 Aug. '29, G. Lassman, leg.; Polistes canadensis var. mexicanus J. Beq. female holotype; MCZ holotype 33139."

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • State/Province:
  • Morelos
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Cuernavaca
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Guernavaca, Mex. 20-23 Aug. '29, G. Lassman, leg.
  • Georeference:
  • 18.9353490°, -99.234324° (Error radius: 8485m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-08-10 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1929-08-20 / 1929-08-23
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 20-23 Aug. '29
  • Collector:
  • G. Lassman

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Media type: text; Entomology 33133; 33134; 33135; 33136; 33137; 33138; 33139; 33140; 33141; 33143; 33092; 33093; 33113; 33114; 33115; 33116; 33117; 33118; 33119; 33120; 33121; 33122; 33123; 33128; 33129; 33130; 33094; 33095; 33100; 33112; 33124; 33126; 33131; 33132; 33142; 33125; 33127; 33096; 33098; 33099; 33102; 33105; 33106; 33108; 33109; 33110; 33111; 33097; 33101; 33103; 33104; 33107 Description: MCZ Entomology Types 031954-035586, pg.24;

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