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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 » Vespidae » Paper Wasps (Polistinae)

Subfamily Polistinae - Paper Wasps

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range
Polistes bellicosus - female Which Polistes? - Polistes - female Paper Wasp Waterfront Home - Polistes major Unidentified bug 08242017-3 - Polistes Polistes metricus - Polistes metricus - female Polistes dorsalis??? - Polistes Colorful wasp up close - Polistes rubiginosus Could this be a Mischocyttarus - Long-waisted Paper Wasp - Mischocyttarus flavitarsis
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)
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
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 29 November, 2023 - 4:06pm

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