Polistes olivaceus
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| Polistes olivaceus | |
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| on Rarotonga, Cook Islands | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Polistinae |
| Tribe: | Polistini |
| Genus: | Polistes |
| Species: | P. olivaceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Polistes olivaceus DeGeer, 1773 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Polistes olivaceus, also known as the yellow oriental paper wasp[2] or Macao paper wasp,[3] is a species of paper wasp. In the Cook Islands, it is known in English simply as the yellow paper wasp[note 1], while its Cook Island Maori name is "Rango Patia" or other variation depending on the island.[2]
