Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,012 meters (0 to 9,882 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:
marginalis
- Pal. de Beauv., 1818
- Scientific name: - Polistes marginalis Pal. de Beauv., 1818
- Specific name:
marginalis
- Pal. de Beauv., 1818
- 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 arabicus Giordani Soika
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 14-Jun-2004
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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- Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. LondonPrinted by order of the Trustees1853-59 url p. 105.
- Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Oxford [etc.]Royal Microscopical Society. url p. 27.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 555, p. 555.
- Records of the Indian Museum. Calcutta: Pub. by order of the trustees of the Indian Museum, . 1907-1962. url , p. 359.
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 48.
- The Hope reports. Oxford: Printed for private circulation, 1897-1958. url p. 573.
- The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url p. 110.
- The wonder of life, London, A. Melrose, Ltd.[1915] url , .
- The wonder of life, by Arthur Thomson. London, A Melrose, ltd.1914. url p. 32.
- The wonder of life, by J. Arthur Thomson. New York: Henry Holt & co., [1914] url p. 32.
- Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Africa-Expedition, 1907-1908: unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1910- url p. 291.
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
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6745271
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ves-062792
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14587492
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1775471
Footnotes
- Mean = 753.260 meters (2,471.325 feet), Standard Deviation = 854.780 based on 81 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
