Polistes Latreille 1802 (wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. 3:1-467
Parent taxon: Polistini according to X. Xu et al. 2026
See also Carpenter 1992, Latreille 1802, Piton 1940, Statz 1936, Takahashi and Aiba 2023 and Theobald 1937
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Polistes (Polistes) Polistes attavina Polistes industrius Polistes kirbyanus Polistes primitiva Polistes signata Polistes vergnei
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Germany (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1)
• Eocene of China (3)
• Paleocene of France (1)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
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