Black-hinged Paper Wasp

Large Paperwasp species. Trying to identify this species, I became painfully aware that Australia has none of their own public records of these wasps in their own country. New Zealand seems to curate. GBIF shows no Australian Polistes species (and that is not their own fault). However, global taxonomic and biodiversity databases and IT freaks need to realise that their data is as good as local curation. In this instance, knowledge once more seems to be delegated (or blocked like with nudibranchs) to someone who cares. Nobody! Can that lack of publicity of scientific biodiversity data collection efforts be explained by an exploitative mindset? How can it be that wasps are considered a major pest with a huge market for pesticides and pest control providers while no information is out there, and while no specific knowledge about this alleged pest is shared? What can citizen scientists and naturalists do? We can lobby for taxonomists who's groups are not represented publicly be defunded, be regarded and treated as private hobbyists (which brings some nasty legal, financial, and reputational barriers for them as a side effect). Meanwhile, naturalists can reinvent the wheel and create their own taxonomic half knowledge (which keeps our reputation as useless stamp collectors going). Surely, as a consequence, we will be taught that we are ridiculous, unscientific and counterproductive to science. This species is extremely common and certainly belongs into the Polistes genus or related. I observed the species several times, will actually move some representations from Australian Paper Wasp into this species. It shows a distinct black hinge between the body segments, on yellow base. It is definitely classified in various resources under various different names, latin ones and English ones. Its shoulder is a brown triangular patch surrounded by a yellow margin. Frontal plate is totally bright yellow, in some individuals with some brownish patch on top in the middle. While the whole animal is yellow-black in appearance, apart from the brown shoulder patches it has a large reddish-brown ring on its abdomen, followed by a narrow yellow ring, then a wide black ring. This species built a nest on the Southside of our house, in front of the bathroom window that may bring them some welcome moisture and cooling.