Polistes carolina (Linnaeus, 1767) Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Arthropoda class Insecta order Hymenoptera family Eumenidae genus Polistes species Polistes carolina Name Synonyms Polistes rubiginosa Lepeletier, 1836 Vespa nigripennis De Geer, 1773 Homonyms Polistes carolina (Linnaeus, 1767)