Polistes {genus} - Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Vespidae; Polistinae; Polistini;

Sub-taxa

Species (129)
  1. Polistes actaeon [2]
  2. Polistes adsimilis [1]
  3. Polistes aff. gallicus 126 [1]
  4. Polistes aff. gallicus 129 [1]
  5. Polistes africanus [4]
  6. Polistes albellus [12]
  7. Polistes annularis [8]
  8. Polistes apachus [29]
  9. Polistes apicalis [3]
  10. Polistes arizonensis [1]
  11. Polistes associus [14]
  12. Polistes aterrimus [6]
  13. Polistes atrimandibularis [6]
  14. Polistes aurifer [131]
  15. Polistes austroccidentalis [5]
  16. Polistes bahamensis [15]
  17. Polistes bellicosus [58]
  18. Polistes bicolor [8]
  19. Polistes biglumis [89]
  20. Polistes biguttatus [3]
  21. Polistes billardieri [1]
  22. Polistes bischoffi [33]
  23. Polistes brunetus [9]
  24. Polistes brunus [8]
  25. Polistes bucharensis [38]
  26. Polistes buyssoni [31]
  27. Polistes canadensis [22]
  28. Polistes carnifex [15]
  29. Polistes carolina [24]
  30. Polistes cavapyta [10]
  31. Polistes cf. fuscatus [1]
  32. Polistes cf. rubiginosus [4]
  33. Polistes chinensis [69]
  34. Polistes chuyangsin [3]
  35. Polistes cinerascens [4]
  36. Polistes clandestinus [4]
  37. Polistes comanchus [24]
  38. Polistes communalis [2]
  39. Polistes consobrinus [1]
  40. Polistes crinitus [7]
  41. Polistes curcipunctum [2]
  42. Polistes dawnae [2]
  43. Polistes deceptor [8]
  44. Polistes diakonovi [5]
  45. Polistes dominula [447]
  46. Polistes dorsalis [104]
  47. Polistes erythrocephalus [12]
  48. Polistes exclamans [36]
  49. Polistes flavus [11]
  50. Polistes foederatus [32]
  51. Polistes formosanus [15]
  52. Polistes fuscatus [357]
  53. Polistes gallicus [83]
  54. Polistes geminatus [3]
  55. Polistes gigas [3]
  56. Polistes gilvus [2]
  57. Polistes goeldii [1]
  58. Polistes hellenicus [12]
  59. Polistes helveticus [39]
  60. Polistes hirsuticornis [10]
  61. Polistes humilis [23]
  62. Polistes indicus [17]
  63. Polistes infuscatus [1]
  64. Polistes instabilis [101]
  65. Polistes japonicus [25]
  66. Polistes jokahamae [10]
  67. Polistes lanio [17]
  68. Polistes lepcha [1]
  69. Polistes longus [3]
  70. Polistes major [26]
  71. Polistes marginalis [13]
  72. Polistes maroccanus [1]
  73. Polistes melanotus [1]
  74. Polistes metricus [98]
  75. Polistes minor [1]
  76. Polistes mongolicus [76]
  77. Polistes myersi [8]
  78. Polistes nigerrimus [2]
  79. Polistes nimpha [97]
  80. Polistes nimphus [12]
  81. Polistes nipponensis [7]
  82. Polistes occipitalis [3]
  83. Polistes olivaceus [172]
  84. Polistes pacificus [29]
  85. Polistes pallidus [1]
  86. Polistes parametricus [17]
  87. Polistes perplexus [3]
  88. Polistes poeyi [3]
  89. Polistes quadricingulatus [19]
  90. Polistes reliciniclypeus [4]
  91. Polistes riparius [2]
  92. Polistes rothneyi [20]
  93. Polistes rubiginosus [24]
  94. Polistes sagittarius [2]
  95. Polistes satan [2]
  96. Polistes schach [2]
  97. Polistes semenowi [9]
  98. Polistes simillimus [5]
  99. Polistes snelleni [16]
  100. Polistes sp. [6]
  101. Polistes sp. 1HMC [26]
  102. Polistes sp. 2HMC [3]
  103. Polistes sp. 3 [11]
  104. Polistes sp. 3HMC [3]
  105. Polistes sp. 4 [1]
  106. Polistes sp. 4HMC [11]
  107. Polistes sp. 5 [2]
  108. Polistes sp. 5HMC [9]
  109. Polistes sp. 6HMC [6]
  110. Polistes sp. 7HMC [13]
  111. Polistes sp. 8HMC [1]
  112. Polistes sp. 9DFW [4]
  113. Polistes sp. Buck-3 [12]
  114. Polistes sp. Buck-5 [94]
  115. Polistes sp. JKK Pol-09 [1]
  116. Polistes sp. JKK Pol-10 [1]
  117. Polistes sp. JKK Pol-11 [1]
  118. Polistes sp. MD1 [1]
  119. Polistes sp. O88 [1]
  120. Polistes sp. TT_29 [2]
  121. Polistes stigma [24]
  122. Polistes strigosus [1]
  123. Polistes sulcifer [7]
  124. Polistes tenebricosus [6]
  125. Polistes testaceicolor [3]
  126. Polistes texanus [11]
  127. Polistes variabilis [1]
  128. Polistes versicolor [36]
  129. Polistes wattii [80]

Taxon Description (Wikipedia)

BOLD Stats

Specimen Records: 3,538 Public Records: 2,642
Specimens with Sequences: 3,227 Public Species: 112
Specimens with Barcodes: 2,925 Public BINs: 134
Species: 129          
Species With Barcodes: 101          
           

Contributors (Specimens & Sequencing)

Specimen Depositories: Sequencing Labs:
Sequencing Labs

Imagery

images representing subtaxa of Polistes
(Polistes adsimilis - IEBR-Ves-58) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2021) SNSB, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns ZSM (SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen) (Polistes albellus - BC ZSM HYM 05012) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2014) Stefan Schmidt SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen (Polistes annularis - 10BBHYM-0918) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
(Polistes apachus - AWC-07898) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Tim Whittier Arizona Western College (Polistes associus - BC ZSM HYM 15520) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Unspecified SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen (Polistes aterrimus - INBIOCRI002395040) @13 [ ] Copyright (2012) Braulio Hernandez Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
(Polistes atrimandibularis - BC ZSM HYM 05019) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2014) Stefan Schmidt SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen (Polistes aurifer - PMAE0511) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Royal Alberta Museum Royal Alberta Museum (Polistes austroccidentalis - BC ZSM HYM 15527) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Unspecified SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen
(Polistes bahamensis - BIOUG02476-A04) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2013) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Polistes bellicosus - PMAE0495) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Royal Alberta Museum Royal Alberta Museum (Polistes bicolor - INB0003333205) @13 [ ] Copyright (2012) Braulio Hernandez Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
(Polistes biglumis - BC ZSM HYM 19401) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Unspecified SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen (Polistes bischoffi - BC ZSM HYM 24024) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Unspecified SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen (Polistes brunetus - CBG-A25949-A07) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2024) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
(Polistes brunus - IEBR-Ves-61) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2021) SNSB, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns ZSM (SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen) (Polistes bucharensis - BIOUG14518-H03) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2019) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Polistes buyssoni - BONVB-0118) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Polistes canadensis - INB0003930067) @14 [ ] Copyright (2012) Braulio Hernandez Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Polistes carnifex - INBIOCRI002215807) @14 [ ] Copyright (2012) Braulio Hernandez Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Polistes carolina - 09BBHYM-1193) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) Unspecified Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
(Polistes cavapyta - MACN-Bar-Ins-ct 00606) @14 [ ] Copyright (2011) MACN Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (Polistes cf. fuscatus - PMAE0720) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2019) Royal Alberta Museum Royal Alberta Museum (Polistes cf. rubiginosus - PMAE0649) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Royal Alberta Museum Royal Alberta Museum
(Polistes chinensis - BJMTG2020013) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Polistes chuyangsin - IEBR-Ves-63) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2021) SNSB, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns ZSM (SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen) (Polistes clandestinus - IEBR-Ves-104) @11 [ ] Copyright (2024) Unspecified University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
(Polistes comanchus - PMAE0282) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Polistes communalis - IEBR-Ves-79) @11 [ ] Copyright (2024) Unspecified University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (Polistes curcipunctum - IEBR-Ves-92) @11 [ ] Copyright (2024) Unspecified University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
(Polistes deceptor - INBIOCRI002549282) @13 [ ] Copyright (2012) Braulio Hernandez Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Polistes dominula - BC-ZSM-HYM-29768-A05) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) SNSB, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns ZSM (SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen) (Polistes dorsalis - INBIOCRI001331665) @13 [ ] Copyright (2012) Braulio Hernandez Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
(Polistes erythrocephalus - INBIOCRI002120292) @14 [ ] Copyright (2012) Braulio Hernandez Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Polistes exclamans - BIOUG02476-A08) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2013) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Polistes flavus - PMAE0036) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Polistes foederatus - BC-ZSM-HYM-30223-C12) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2019) SNSB, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns ZSM (SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen) (Polistes fuscatus - BIOUG01282-E02) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Polistes gallicus - BC ZSM HYM 05024) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2014) Stefan Schmidt SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen
(Polistes gigas - ZSM-HYM-29810-B09) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2021) SNSB, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns ZSM (SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen) (Polistes gilvus - IEBR-Ves-107) @11 [ ] Copyright (2024) Unspecified University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (Polistes hirsuticornis - PMAE0105) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Polistes humilis - BIOUG02953-B07) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2013) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Polistes indicus - NIBGE HYM-00497) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) Muhammad Ashfaq National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Faisalabad Pakistan (Polistes instabilis - PK-MEX07- 152) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2008) Unspecified Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
(Polistes japonicus - 18TBK-029) @12 [ ] Copyright (2019) Komine Yukio Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (Polistes jokahamae - 19TBK-050) @11 [ ] Copyright (2019) Komine Yukio Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (Polistes lanio - BONVB-0276) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Polistes lepcha - ZSM-HYM-29810-B04) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2021) SNSB, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns ZSM (SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen) (Polistes longus - IEBR-Ves-57) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2021) SNSB, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns ZSM (SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen) (Polistes major - INB0003056334) @14 [ ] Copyright (2012) Braulio Hernandez Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
(Polistes marginalis - BIOUG09150-A04) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2014) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Polistes maroccanus - BC ZSM HYM 22043) @12 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Unspecified SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen (Polistes metricus - 09BBHYM-1197) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) Unspecified Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
(Polistes mongolicus - BC ZSM HYM 17495) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Unspecified SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen (Polistes myersi - INB0003837930) @14 [ ] Copyright (2012) Braulio Hernandez Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Polistes nigerrimus - IEBR-Ves-96) @11 [ ] Copyright (2024) Unspecified University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
(Polistes nimpha - BIOUG15150-F09) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2019) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Polistes nimphus - ZFMK-TIS-2603595) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Share-Alike (by-sa) 818 (2017) Unspecified Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (Polistes olivaceus - BIOUG23048-D01) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2016) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
(Polistes pacificus - INBIOCRI001333303) @13 [ ] Copyright (2012) Braulio Hernandez Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Polistes pallidus - IEBR-Ves-73) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2021) SNSB, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns ZSM (SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen) (Polistes parametricus - PMAE0106) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Polistes quadricingulatus - NIBGE HYM-00021) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Muhammad Ashfaq National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Faisalabad Pakistan (Polistes reliciniclypeus - IEBR-Ves-94) @11 [ ] Copyright (2024) Unspecified University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (Polistes rothneyi - BIOUG25661-F03) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2016) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
(Polistes rubiginosus - 09BBHYM-408) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009) Unspecified Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Polistes schach - IB_495) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Polistes semenowi - BC ZSM HYM 15530) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Unspecified SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen
(Polistes snelleni - BIOUG26952-A04) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2017) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Polistes sp. 1HMC - Vesp-0194) @11 [ ] Copyright Unspecified Unspecified (Polistes sp. 2HMC - Vesp-0217) @11 [ ] Copyright Unspecified Unspecified
(Polistes sp. 3 - BONVB-0263) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Polistes sp. 3HMC - Vesp-0221) @11 [ ] Copyright Unspecified Unspecified (Polistes sp. 4 - BONVB-0124) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Polistes sp. 4HMC - Vesp-0227) @11 [ ] Copyright Unspecified Unspecified (Polistes sp. 5 - BONVB-0219) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Polistes sp. 5HMC - Vesp-0238) @11 [ ] Copyright Unspecified Unspecified
(Polistes sp. 6HMC - Vesp-0244) @11 [ ] Copyright Unspecified Unspecified (Polistes sp. 7HMC - Vesp-0254) @11 [ ] Copyright Unspecified Unspecified (Polistes sp. 8HMC - Vesp-0249) @11 [ ] Copyright Unspecified Unspecified
(Polistes sp. Buck-3 - PMAE0443) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Royal Alberta Museum Royal Alberta Museum (Polistes sp. Buck-5 - 09BBHYM-1196) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) Unspecified Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Polistes stigma - gvc17058-1L) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
(Polistes sulcifer - ACcoll19003) @11 [ ] Department of Biology (2019) Dapporto, Leonardo University of Florence (Polistes texanus - PMAE0159) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Polistes versicolor - 08ATPNI-00016) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2009) Pablo Tubaro Unspecified
(Polistes wattii - NIBGE IMB-00108) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2009) Muhammad Ashfaq, NIBGE Unspecified
(Polistes wattii)
  Sample ID:
NIBGE IMB-00108
  License:
CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2009)
  License Holder:
Muhammad Ashfaq, NIBGE, Unspecified

Collection Sites




Collected from 47 countries.
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United States794Madagascar82France18
Canada498Brazil77Israel18
Costa Rica206Italy67Egypt17
Germany133South Africa65China16
Pakistan117Australia33Colombia14
Ecuador104Iran27Bangladesh14
Mexico83Argentina24

Taxon Occurrence (GBIF)