Polistes major
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| Polistes major | |
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| P. major in Coral Gables, Florida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Polistinae |
| Genus: | Polistes |
| Species: | P. major |
| Binomial name | |
| Polistes major Palisot de Beauvois, 1818 | |
Polistes major is a Neotropical species of paper wasp found from South America north into the southern United States.[1] This species is known as avispa de caballo (Spanish: "horse wasp") in the Dominican Republic.
