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Polistini

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae

Taxonomy
Polistini was named by Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau (1835). It is extant. Its type is Polistes.

It was assigned to Polistinae by Carpenter (1996), Takahashi and Aiba (2023).

Subtaxa
Polistes (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Polistini Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau
1996Polistini Carpenter
2023Polistini Takahashi and Aiba p. 206

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyVespoidea
familyVespidae()
subfamilyPolistinae()
tribePolistini
tribePolistini

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Polistini Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835
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G. Polistes Latreille 1802
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†Polistes attavina Heer 1849
†Polistes industrius Theobald 1937
†Polistes kirbyanus Cockerell 1915
†Polistes signata Statz 1936
†Polistes vergnei Piton 1940
Invalid names: Polistes primitiva Heer 1864 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available