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Subspecies Polistes comanchus comanchus

Polistes comanchus? - Polistes comanchus - female Paper wasp - Polistes comanchus - female 57212 - Polistes comanchus - female Wasp with Black Back from Davis Mountains TX High Desert - Polistes comanchus - male Polistes comanchus - female Polistes comanchus comanchus - Polistes comanchus Polistes comanchus comanchus - Polistes comanchus - female 3038751 Polistes - Polistes comanchus - 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
Subfamily Polistinae (Paper Wasps)
Genus Polistes (Umbrella Paper Wasps)
No Taxon (Subgenus Aphanilopterus)
Species comanchus (Comanche Paper Wasp)
Subspecies comanchus (Polistes comanchus comanchus)