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Genus Polistes

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Hymenoptera - Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies
No Taxon Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Vespidae - Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps
Subfamily Polistinae - Paper Wasps
Genus Polistes

Species annularis - Polistes annularis
Species apachus - Polistes apachus
Species arizonensis - Polistes arizonensis
Species aurifer - Polistes aurifer
Species bahamensis - Polistes bahamensis
Species bellicosus - Polistes bellicosus
Species canadensis - Polistes canadensis
Species carnifex - Polistes carnifex
Species carolina - Red Wasp
Species comanchus - Polistes comanchus
Species dominula - European Paper Wasp
Species dorsalis - Polistes dorsalis
Species exclamans - Paper Wasp
Species flavus - Polistes flavus
Species fuscatus - Northern Paper Wasp
Species instabilis - Polistes instabilis
Species major - Polistes major
Species metricus - Polistes metricus
Species perplexus - Polistes perplexus
Species undescribed-a - Polistes undescribed species A
Species undescribed-b - Polistes undescribed species B

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