- The
Polistinae is a
subfamily of
eusocial wasps belonging to the
family Vespidae. They are
closely related to the
wasps (“yellowjackets” as they are called...
- The term is
typically used to
refer to
members of the
vespid subfamily Polistinae,
though it
often colloquially includes members of the
subfamilies Vespinae...
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insect species, and a few
species are
invasive pests. The
subfamilies Polistinae and
Vespinae are
composed solely of
eusocial species,
while the Eumeninae...
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generally considered beneficial.[citation needed] As part of
subfamily Polistinae,
Polistes wasps are
covered in
short and incon****uous hair, have a clypeus...
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genus in the
tribe Polistini.[citation needed] It is
classified in the
Polistinae, the
paper wasps.
Owain Richards in 1973, and
again in 1978, classified...
- body size and flying-related
structures in
Neotropical social wasps (
Polistinae, Vespidae, Hymenoptera)". Zoomorphology. 131 (1): 25–35. doi:10.1007/s00435-011-0142-z...
- of a
queen excluder)
stays light-colored.
Numerous wasps,
especially Polistinae and Vespinae,
construct hexagonal prism-packed
combs made of
paper instead...
- "Distributional
Checklist of
Species of the
Genus Polistes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae;
Polistinae, Polistini)" (PDF).
Media related to
Polistes afric**** at
Wikimedia Commons...
- its propodeum. It is a
social wasp in the
family Vespidae and
subfamily Polistinae. The
species is
native to the
United States from
Texas to Florida, north...
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lineages of
wasps are
mostly or
entirely eusocial,
including the
subfamilies Polistinae and Vespinae. The
corbiculate bees (subfamily
Apinae of
family Apidae)...
