Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Common Paper Wasp, Golden Paper Wasp, Paper Wasp
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,611 meters (0 to 18,409 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
()
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Hymenopterida
()
- Order:
Hymenoptera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Apocrita
()
- Superfamily:
Vespoidea
()
- Family:
Vespidae
()
-
- Subfamily:
Polistinae
()
- Genus:
Polistes
()
- auct.
- Specific name:
fuscatus
- (Fabricius, 1793)
- Scientific name: - Polistes fuscatus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Specific name:
fuscatus
- (Fabricius, 1793)
- Genus:
Polistes
(
- Subfamily:
Polistinae
(
- Family:
Vespidae
(
- Superfamily:
Vespoidea
(
- Suborder:
Apocrita
(
- Order:
Hymenoptera
(
- Superorder:
Hymenopterida
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Polistes exilis Saussure • Polistes fortunatus Kirby • Polistes laurentianus Bequard • Polistes pallidipes Dalla Torre • Polistes pallipes Lepeletier • Polistes variatus Cresson • Vespa nestor Fabricius
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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- Annual report of the New Jersey State Museum. Trenton, N.J.: MacCrellish & Quigley, url p. 671.
- Annual report of the New Jersey state museum. 1901-12, 1914. Trenton, New Jersey. [etc.]1902-15. url p. 671.
- Annual report of the Regents / Albany: J.B. Lyon, State Printer, 1890-1903. url p. 529, p. 541.
- Annual report of the Trustees of the State Museum of Natural History for the year. .. Albany, N.Y.: The Trustees, 1886-1889. url p. 199.
- Bulletin - New York State Museum. Albany: New York State Education Dept. url p. 529, p. 541.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 133, p. 402.
- Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 45, p. 53.
- Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url p. 80.
- 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. 1306, p. 1515.
- Coloration in polistes / by Wilhelmine M. Enteman. Washington: Carnegie Institution, 1904. url p. 80.
- Cooperative economic insect report. Hyattsville, MD. [etc.]Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service. url p. 1193, p. 1212, p. 1247, p. 347.
- Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 192, p. 218, p. 223, p. 25, p. 274, p. 60, p. 60, p. 79.
- Invertebrata pacifica. Edited by C. F. Baker. .. [Claremont, Calif., etc.] url p. 183.
- Journal of Hymenoptera research. Washington, D.C.: International Society of Hymenopterists, [1992- url p. 136, p. 231, p. 88.
- Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. Philadelphia, American Entomological Society, 1916- url p. 270, p. 804.
- Memorial of life and entomologic work of Joseph Albert Lintner, state entomologist, 1874-98, by Ephraim Porter Felt. Albany: University of the State of New York, 1899. url p. 529, p. 541.
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1965 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 53.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 237, p. 239, p. 240, p. 241, p. 470, p. 478, p. 570, p. 572, p. 80, p. 898, p. 900.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 430, p. 542.
- Report of the State Entomologist on injurious and other insects of the state of New York. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co.; University of the State of New York, 1882- url p. 199, p. 315, p. 608.
- Report of the State Entomologist to the Regents of the University of the State of New York. .. [Albany: University of the State of New York], 1884- url p. 196.
- Report on the injurious and other insects of the State of New York. Albany: State Entomologist, 1882-1898. url p. 264, p. 415, p. 608.
- Territorial and mating behavior of the house wren, with 32 figures, Urbana, The University of Illinois Press, 1941. url p. 32.
- The American entomologist. St. Louis: R.P. Studley & Co., 1868-1870. url .
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 255.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. 56 1942 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url beall , richardson , p. 64, p. 67.
- The Journal of experimental zoology. [New York, etc.]Wiley-Liss [etc.] url p. 377, p. 377.
- The Natural history of Enewetak Atoll / edited by Dennis M. Devaney. .. [et al.]; prepared by Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy. Oak Ridge, Tenn.: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Health and Environmental Research, Ecological Research Division, c1987. url p. 174.
- Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Topeka, Kan.: Geo. W. Martin url p. 99.
- Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url , p. 202, p. 237.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 08, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- ZOBODAT: Zoological-Botanical Database (Vespoidea). Release date: July 20, 2006
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: 554811
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ves-036405
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14587517
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 154267
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IIHY201401
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 164981
Footnotes
- Mean = 434.900 meters (1,426.837 feet), Standard Deviation = 822.720 based on 545 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
