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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Umbrella Paper Wasps (Polistes) » Subgenus Aphanilopterus (Polistes Subgenus Aphanilopterus) » Arizona Paper Wasp (Polistes arizonensis)

Species Polistes arizonensis - Arizona Paper Wasp

Classification · Explanation of Names
Wasp? - Polistes arizonensis - female Polistes arizonensis? - Polistes arizonensis Wasp mimic? - Polistes arizonensis Wasp mimic? - Polistes arizonensis Paper Wasp ID? - Polistes arizonensis Polistes arizonensis - female Polistes aurifer? - Polistes arizonensis Polistes arizonensis? - Polistes arizonensis
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)
Genus Polistes (Umbrella Paper Wasps)
No Taxon (Subgenus Aphanilopterus)
Species arizonensis (Arizona Paper Wasp)
Explanation of Names
Polistes arizonensis Snelling 1954
Contributed by Matthias Buck on 6 September, 2007 - 4:19pm
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 27 August, 2020 - 10:02pm

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