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Subspecies Polistes dorsalis californicus - California Paper Wasp

Polistes on Bluestem Eriogonum - Polistes dorsalis - male Paper Wasp on Buckwheat - Polistes dorsalis Polistes? - Polistes dorsalis Polistes Wasp - Polistes dorsalis Polistes dorsalis californicus (?) - Polistes dorsalis - female Polistes dorsalis californicus ? - Polistes dorsalis Polistes dorsalis californicus ? - Polistes dorsalis Polistes - Polistes dorsalis - male
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 Fuscopolistes)
Species dorsalis (Hunter's Little Paper Wasp)
Subspecies californicus (California Paper Wasp)
Explanation of Names
Polistes dorsalis californicus Bohart 1949