Polistes
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Polistes is a widespread genus of social paper wasps known for building open, umbrella-shaped nests and playing important ecological roles as predators of pest insects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Polistes canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15737444 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Polistes Context triple: [Polistes metricus, genus, Polistes]
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A.
Polistes nimpha
Polistes nimpha is a species of paper wasp found across much of Europe and parts of Asia, known for its open-comb nests and social colony structure.
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B.
Polistes dorsalis
Polistes dorsalis is a species of paper wasp native to North America, known for its distinctive yellow and brown coloration and for building open, umbrella-shaped nests.
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C.
Polistes bellicosus
Polistes bellicosus is a species of paper wasp known for building open, umbrella-shaped nests and exhibiting complex social behavior within colonies.
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D.
Polistes biglumis
Polistes biglumis is a species of paper wasp in the genus Polistes, known from temperate regions of Europe and Asia where it builds open, umbrella-shaped nests and exhibits primitively eusocial behavior.
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E.
Polistes gallicus
Polistes gallicus is a common European paper wasp species known for building open, umbrella-shaped nests and playing an important role as a predator of garden pests.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Polistes Target entity description: Polistes is a widespread genus of social paper wasps known for building open, umbrella-shaped nests and playing important ecological roles as predators of pest insects.
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A.
Polistes nimpha
Polistes nimpha is a species of paper wasp found across much of Europe and parts of Asia, known for its open-comb nests and social colony structure.
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B.
Polistes dorsalis
Polistes dorsalis is a species of paper wasp native to North America, known for its distinctive yellow and brown coloration and for building open, umbrella-shaped nests.
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C.
Polistes bellicosus
Polistes bellicosus is a species of paper wasp known for building open, umbrella-shaped nests and exhibiting complex social behavior within colonies.
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D.
Polistes biglumis
Polistes biglumis is a species of paper wasp in the genus Polistes, known from temperate regions of Europe and Asia where it builds open, umbrella-shaped nests and exhibits primitively eusocial behavior.
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E.
Polistes gallicus
Polistes gallicus is a common European paper wasp species known for building open, umbrella-shaped nests and playing an important role as a predator of garden pests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.