Polistes canadensis

Polistes canadensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Vespoidea

Familia: Vespidae
Subfamilia: Polistinae
Tribus: Polistini
Genus: Polistes
Subgenus: Aphanilopterus
Species: Polistes canadensis

Name

Polistes canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Paratype: OSU 7877

Type locality: United States, Arizona, Kaibab National Forest

Synonymy

• Polistes panamensis Holmgren, 1868
• Polistes unicolor Lepeletier, 1836
• Polistes urceolata Klug & Erichs, 1848
• Vespa canadensis Linnaeus, 1758 [Protonym]
• Vespa lanis Fabricius, 1775
• Vespa marribous Christ, 1791

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 574 BHL Reference page. 

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