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Polistini

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae

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

It was assigned to Polistinae by Carpenter (1996) and Takahashi and Aiba (2023).

Subtaxa
Polistes (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Polistini Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau
1996Polistini Carpenter
2023Polistini Takahashi and Aiba p. 206

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyVespoidea
familyVespidae()
subfamilyPolistinae()
tribePolistini
tribePolistini

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.

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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 61.60000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.2 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2France (Auvergne) Polistes vergnei (113685)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Polistes industrius (122535)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Polistes signata (122010)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria (Steiermark) Vespa attavina (115306)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Polistes kirbyanus, Polistes primitiva (117252)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Polistes sp. (194482)