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Polistinae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae

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

It was reranked as the subfamily Polistinae by Carpenter (1996), Antropov (2014), Takahashi and Aiba (2023).

It was assigned to Vespidae by Carpenter (1996), Antropov (2014), Takahashi and Aiba (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Polistinae Carpenter
2014Polistinae Antropov p. 394
2023Polistinae Takahashi and Aiba p. 206

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyVespoidea
familyVespidae()
subfamilyPolistinae()
subfamilyPolistinae()

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.

Subfm. Polistinae Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835
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G. †Palaeopolistes Perrard 2014
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Palaeopolistes jattioti Perrard 2014
G. †Palaeopolybia Antropov 2014
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Palaeopolybia anglica Cockerell 1921
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]
G. †Protopolistes Antropov 2014
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Protopolistes oblitus Cockerell 1921
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available