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

Subgenus Fuscopolistes

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 - Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps and allies
Family Vespidae - Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps
Subfamily Polistinae - Paper Wasps
Genus Polistes - Umbrella Paper Wasps
No Taxon Subgenus Fuscopolistes

Species apachus - Apache Paper Wasp
Species aurifer - Golden Paper Wasp
Species bellicosus - Polistes bellicosus
Species carolina - Fine-backed Red Paper Wasp
Species dorsalis - Polistes dorsalis
Species flavus - Yellow Paper Wasp
Species fuscatus - Northern Paper Wasp
Species hirsuticornis - Hairy-horned Paper Wasp
Species metricus - Metric Paper Wasp
Species parametricus - Parametric Paper Wasp
Species rubiginosus - Coarse-backed Red Paper Wasp
No Taxon "texanus"
No Taxon aurifer or dorsalis
No Taxon aurifer or fuscatus
No Taxon bellicosus or fuscatus
No Taxon carolina or rubiginosus
No Taxon dorsalis or fuscatus
No Taxon fuscatus or hirsuticornis
No Taxon fuscatus or metricus
No Taxon fuscatus or parametricus
No Taxon hirsuticornis or metricus
No Taxon hirsuticornis or parametricus
No Taxon metricus or hirsuticornis
No Taxon metricus or parametricus
No Taxon undescribed species FL
No Taxon red-yellow problem spms, TX

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