Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -8 meters (-28 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
- 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:
pacificus
- Fabricius, 1804
- Scientific name: - Polistes pacificus Fabricius, 1804
- Specific name:
pacificus
- Fabricius, 1804
- 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 flavopictus Ducke • Polistes liliaceusculus Saussure • Polistes liliaciosus Saussure • Polistes modestus Smith • Polistes trinitatis Bequard
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 14-Nov-2000
Similar Species
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
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 94 1944 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 257.
- Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. LondonPrinted by order of the Trustees1853-59 url p. 107.
Notes
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
- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
- , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5804778
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ves-036483
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14587478
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1775504
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 235.730 based on 189 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
