Parametric Paper Wasp (Polistes parametricus)

Polistes parametricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Subfamily:	Polistinae
Tribe:	Polistini
Genus:	Polistes
Species:	P. parametricus
Binomial name
Polistes parametricus Matthias Buck et al., 2012 [1]

Polistes parametricus is a species of paper wasp described in 2012. It was previously recognized as belonging in P. fuscatus-group (Polistes fuscatus, Polistes metricus, Polistes bellicosus). It is listed in the Identification Atlas of the Vespidae of the Northeastern Nearctic Region as "species B". And in the NCBI Taxonomy as Polistes sp. Buck2.

It is likely to be an obligate parasite of other social wasps, but no documented observation of this behavior have been made.^[1]

• Bugguide
• Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the northeastern Nearctic region
• NCBI Taxonomy