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Approximately 300 species of Polistes paper wasps have been identified worldwide. The most common paper wasp in Europe is Polistes dominula. [2] The Old World tribe Ropalidiini contains another 300 species, and the Neotropical tribes Epiponini and Mischocyttarini each contain over 250 more, so the total number of true paper wasps worldwide is about 1100 species, almost half of which can be ...
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.
P. metricus, female. 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]
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.
Polistes apachus is a social wasp native to western North America. [2] It is known in English by the common name Texas paper wasp, [3] [4] or southwestern Texas paper wasp. [5] It has also been called the Apache wasp, perhaps first by Simmons et al. in California in 1948.
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 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.
Golden paper wasp, Polistes aurifer Golden paper wasp, Polistes aurifer. Polistes aurifer, the golden paper wasp, [3] is a species of paper wasp in the genus Polistes of the family Vespidae. [1] [4] [5] It occurs in the western part of North America, from southern Canada through the United States to northern Mexico. [1]