Subfamily Polistinae Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Alternative spelling: Polistides
Full reference: A. Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau. 1835. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Tome Premier 1-547
Parent taxon: Vespidae according to Y. Takahashi and H. Aiba 2023
See also Antropov 2014 and Carpenter 1996
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Palaeopolistes Palaeopolybia Polistini Protopolistes
Type: Polistes
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Austria (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Germany (1)
• Eocene of France (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Paleocene of France (1)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences