Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Common Paper Wasp
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,081 meters (0 to 16,670 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Hymenopterida
()
- Order:
Hymenoptera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Apocrita
()
- Superfamily:
Vespoidea
()
- Family:
Vespidae
()
-
- Subfamily:
Polistinae
()
- Genus:
Polistes
()
- auct.
- Specific name:
exclamans
- Viereck, 1906
- Scientific name: - Polistes exclamans Viereck, 1906
- Specific name:
exclamans
- Viereck, 1906
- Genus:
Polistes
(
- Subfamily:
Polistinae
(
- Family:
Vespidae
(
- Superfamily:
Vespoidea
(
- Suborder:
Apocrita
(
- Order:
Hymenoptera
(
- Superorder:
Hymenopterida
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Polistes coahuilae Richards • Polistes durangoensis Snelling
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 14-Nov-2000
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Polistes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. annularis (Red Wasp) · P. apachus (Paper Wasp) · P. carolina (Paper Wasp) · P. dominula (European Paper Wasp) · P. dominulus (Paper Wasp) · P. exclamans (Common Paper Wasp) · P. fuscata (Paperwasp) · P. fuscatus (Common Paper Wasp) · P. fuscatus aurifer (Golden Paper Wasp) · P. fuscatus pallipes (Paper Wasp) · P. macaensis (Macao Paper Wasp) · P. metrica (Paper Wasp) · P. undescribed-a (Polistes Undescribed Species A) · P. undescribed-b (Polistes Undescribed Species B) · P. versicolor (Yellow Paper Wasp)
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Further Reading
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- Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 45.
- Catalog of hymenoptera in America north of Mexico / prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein. .. [et al.]. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979- url p. 1021, p. 1513.
- Cooperative economic insect report. Hyattsville, MD. [etc.]Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service. url p. 110, p. 15, p. 19, p. 27, p. 33, p. 672.
- Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url , , , p. 173, p. 174, p. 176, p. 178, p. 218, p. 222, p. 230, p. 231, p. 274, p. 279, p. 47, p. 48, p. 49, p. 50.
- Journal of Hymenoptera research. Washington, D.C.: International Society of Hymenopterists, [1992- url p. 11, p. 137, p. 88, p. 89.
- List of intercepted plant pests / United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine and Control Administration. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O.], 1932- url p. 28, p. 40.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url , , p. 148, p. 153, p. 154, p. 237, p. 237, p. 238, p. 239, p. 239, p. 240, p. 241, p. 243, p. 282, p. 478.
- The University of Kansas science bulletin. 8 1913 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 34, p. 530.
- Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Topeka, Kan.: W.Y. Morgan, 1903- url p. 308, p. 330.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 08, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois Natural History Survey
- Ohio State University Insect Collection, Insects
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1670198
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ves-036397
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14590715
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 12745
Footnotes
- Mean = 116.930 meters (383.629 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,563.660 based on 41 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
