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Subfamily Polistinae - Paper Wasps

What happened to its wings? - Polistes dominula - male id please - Polistes exclamans Wasp - Red - Posterior Ventral - Polistes rubiginosus - female Wasp friend - Polistes metricus European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula) - Polistes dominula - female European paper wasp? - Polistes dominula - female Wasps on Palmetto - Mischocyttarus mexicanus Polistes - P. exclamans?  - Polistes exclamans - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Vespidae (Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies)
Subfamily Polistinae (Paper Wasps)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Polybiinae auct. nec Ortmann 1893
Explanation of Names
Polistinae Lepeletier 1835
Numbers
30 spp. in 4 genera and 3 tribes in our area; 26 genera in 4 tribes total
in our area:
Tribe Epiponini Brachygastra (1 sp.) ∙ Polybia (2 rare spp., s.AZ & TX)
Tribe Mischocyttarini Mischocyttarus (3 spp.)
Tribe Polistini Polistes (24 spp.)
Range
worldwide