†Polistes kirbyanus Cockerell 1915 (wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1915. Miocene fossil insects. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 66:634-648
Belongs to Polistes according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1915
Sister taxa: Polistes attavina, Polistes industrius, Polistes primitiva, Polistes signata, Polistes vergnei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Zurich collection)
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