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Polistes dominula (Christ, 1791)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Hymenoptera
family
Eumenidae
genus
Polistes
species
Polistes dominula

Name

Synonyms
Vespa dominula Christ, 1791
Homonyms
Polistes dominula (Christ, 1791)
Common names
European paper wasp in language.
Französische Feldwespe in German
Paper Wasp in English
Paper Wasp in English
Paper wasp in English
franse veldwesp in Dutch
European Paper Wasp in English
European Paper Wasp in English
Franse veldwesp in Dutch
hagepapirveps in Norwegian Bokmål
huspappersgeting in Swedish
ljus pappersgeting in Swedish
pappersgeting in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Carpenter (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Distributional checklist of the species of the genus Polistes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae, Polistini)
  2. Fauna Europaea Web Service (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Fauna Europaea version 1.1.
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