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Paper wasp (Polistes major) nest (); exposed comb Paper wasp growth stages Yellowjacket nest (); concealed combPaper wasps are a type of vespid wasps.The term is typically used to refer to members of the vespid subfamily Polistinae, though it often colloquially includes members of the subfamilies Vespinae (hornets and yellowjackets) and Stenogastrinae, which also make nests out of paper.
The European paper wasp was originally described in 1791 by Johann Ludwig Christ as Vespa dominula.The specific epithet dominula is a noun meaning "little mistress", [4] and following the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, species epithets which are nouns do not change when a species is placed in a different genus.
Vespa nestor Fabricius, 1798. Polistes fuscatus, whose common name is the dark or northern paper wasp, is widely found in eastern North America, from southern Canada through the southern United States. [ 2] It often nests around human development.
Polistes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1767) Vespa carolina Linnaeus, 1767. Polistes carolina is one of two species of red paper wasp found in the eastern United States (the other being Polistes rubiginosus) and is noted for the finer ridges on its propodeum. It is a social wasp in the family Vespidae and subfamily Polistinae.
Polistes exclamans, the Guinea paper wasp, is a social wasp and is part of the family Vespidae of the order Hymenoptera. [ 2] It is found throughout the United States, Mexico, the Bahamas, Jamaica and parts of Canada. [ 3][ 4] Due to solitary nest founding by queens, P. exclamans has extended its range in the past few decades and now covers the ...
Polistes annularis ( P. annularis) is a species of paper wasp found throughout the eastern half of the United States. [ 1][ 2] This species of red paper wasp is known for its large size and its red-and-black coloration and is variably referred to as a ringed paper wasp or jack Spaniard wasp. It builds its nest under overhangs near bodies of ...
Polistes is a cosmopolitan genus of paper wasps and the only genus in the tribe Polistini. Vernacular names for the genus include umbrella wasps, coined by Walter Ebeling in 1975 to distinguish it from other types of paper wasp, in reference to the form of their nests, [ 3] and umbrella paper wasps. [ 4] Polistes is the single largest genus ...
Polistes versicolor. Polistes versicolor, also known as the variegated paper wasp or yellow paper wasp [note 1], is a subtropical social wasp within Polistes, the most common genus of paper wasp. It is the most widely distributed of South American wasp species and is particularly common in the Southeastern Brazilian states. [3]