Polistinae

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: Epiponini - Mischocyttarini - Polistini - Ropalidiini

Genus not assigned to a tribus: †Palaeopolistes

Overview of genera (21 + 1†)

Agelaia – Angiopolybia – Apoica – Asteloeca – Belonogaster – Brachygastra – Clypearia – Epipona – Icaria – Metapolybia – Mischocyttarus – Nectarinella – Parachartergus – Parapolybia – Polistes – Polybia – Polybioides – Protonectarina – Protopolybia – Ropalidia – Synoeca – †Palaeopolistes

Name

Polistinae Lepeletier, 1836

References

Primary references

Carvalho, A.F., Menezes, R.S.T., Somavilla, A., Costa, M.A. & Del Lama, M.A. 2015. Polistinae biogeography in the Neotropics: history and prospects. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 42: 93–105. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.42.8754. Reference page.
Kojima, J. & C. van Achterberg 1997: List of the primary types of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) deposit in the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, and the Zoölogisch Museum, Amsterdam. Zoologische Meededelingen 71 (14): 157–169. Full article: [1].
Perrard, A., Nel, A. & Carpenter, J.M. 2014. A new paper wasp from Late Eocene of France (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae). Zootaxa 3753(6): 542–548. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.6.2 Reference page.
Silveira, O.T., Furtado, N.V.R., Gama, J.M. de F., Felizardo, S.P. de S. & dos Santos, I.P.V.. 2019. Update to the knowledge of the social wasps of the Brazilian state of Amapá based on the vespid collection of the Amapá Research Institute (IEPA) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). Zootaxa 4563(2): 267–296. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4563.2.3 Reference page.
Somavilla, A., Marques, D.W.A., Barbosa, E.A.S., Pinto, J.S., Jr. & Oliveira, M.L. 2014. Vespas Sociais (Vespidae: Polistinae) em uma Área de Floresta Ombrófila Densa Amazônica no Estado do Maranhão, Brasil. EntomoBrasilis 7(3): 183–187. DOI: 10.12741/ebrasilis.v7i3.404 Reference page.

Links

Taxonomic tree: Polistinae – on Catalogue of Life (CoL): 2019 Annual Checklist.

Vernacular names

مصرى: زرقطيات
العربية: زرقطيات
català: Polistins
Deutsch: Feldwespen, Papierwespen
English: Paper wasps
فارسی: زنبوریان دشتی
suomi: Paperiampiaiset
galego: Polistinos
日本語: アシナガバチ
한국어: 쌍살벌아과
Nederlands: Veldwespen
norsk: Papirvepser
русский: Полистины
中文: 馬蜂亞科

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