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Checklist for Tribe Polistini Lepeletier, 1836
and region Northern South America (South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
840
24886
144846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
837
24869
144808
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
776
24445
142884
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
457
18795
117333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
78
2164
11302
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
67
2042
11112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
28
964
8501
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
7
223
1439
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
96
795
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
25
455
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePolistini
Lepeletier, 1836
1
56
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Northern South America
1 Genera with 56 Species
Polistes Latreille, 0Paper nest wasps74SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northern South America
56 Species and 20 Subspecies
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) actaeon Haliday, 1836
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) adelphus Richards, 1978
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) angulinus Richards, 1951
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) apicalis Saussure, 1858
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) aterrimus Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) bicolor Lepeletier, 1836
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) billardieri Fabricius, 1804
Polistes billardieri biglumoides Ducke, 1904
Polistes billardieri ruficornis Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) binotatus Saussure, 1854
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) buyssoni Brèthes, 1909
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) canadensis Linnaeus, 1758
Polistes canadensis canadensis Linnaeus, 1758
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) carnifex Fabricius, 1775Paper wasp
Polistes carnifex boliviensis Bequard, 1936
Polistes carnifex carnifex Fabricius, 1775
Polistes carnifex rufipennis Latreille, 1817
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) cavapyta Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) cavapytiformis Richards, 1978
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) cinerascens Saussure, 1854
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) claripennis Ducke, 1904
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) deceptor Schulz, 1905
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) eburneus Bequard, 1943
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) erythrocephalus Latreille, 1813
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) ferreri Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) geminatus Fox, 1898
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) goeldii Ducke, 1904
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) huacapistana Richards, 1978
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) infuscatus Lepeletier, 1836
Polistes infuscatus anduzei Bequard, 1943
Polistes infuscatus ecuadorius Richards, 1978
Polistes infuscatus infuscatus Lepeletier, 1836
Polistes infuscatus mariae Richards, 1978
Polistes infuscatus metensis Richards, 1978
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) instabilis Saussure, 1953Unstable Paper Wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) lanio Fabricius, 1775
Polistes lanio lanio Fabricius, 1775
Polistes lanio weberi Bequard, 1940
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) major Palisot de B..., 1818
Polistes major weyrauchi Bequard, 1940
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) maranonensis Willink, 1964
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) melanosoma Saussure, 1854
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) melanotus Richards, 1978
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) myersi Bequard, 1934
Polistes myersi myersi Bequaert, 1934
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) niger Brèthes, 1903
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) ninabamba Richards, 1978
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) obscurus Saussure, 1863
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) occipitalis Ducke, 1904
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) pacificus Fabricius, 1804
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) penai Richards, 1978
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) peruvianus Bequard, 1934
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) rufidens Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) rufiventris Ducke, 1904
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) satan Bequard, 1940
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) simillimus Zikan, 1951
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) subsericeus Saussure, 1854
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) testaceicolor Bequard, 1937
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) thoracicus Fox, 1898
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) torresae Silveira, 1996
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) versicolor Olivier, 1791South American paper wasp
Polistes versicolor flavoguttatus Bequard, 1934
Polistes versicolor versicolor Olivier, 1792
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) weyrauchorum Willink, 1964
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) xanthogaster Bequard, 1940
Polistes xanthogaster willei Bequard, 1940
Polistes (Gyrostoma) diabolicus Saussure, 1853
Polistes stenopus stenopus van der Vecht, 1972
Polistes capnodes capnodes van der Vecht, 1972
Polistes (Polistella) occultus Silveira, 1994
Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791European paper wasp
Polistes (Polistes) dominulus (Christ, 1791)⇒ Polistes dominula Christ, 1791
Polistes orbitalis (Kirby, 1888)⇒ Polistes cinerascens Saussure, 1854
Polistes satar