Template:Taxonomy/Polistes

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Ancestral taxa
Domain:	Eukaryota	/displayed	[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Amorphea		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Obazoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Opisthokonta		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Holozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Filozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Kingdom:	Animalia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	ParaHoxozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Bilateria		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Nephrozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Protostomia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superphylum:	Ecdysozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Panarthropoda		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Tactopoda		[Taxonomy; edit]
Phylum:	Arthropoda		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Pancrustacea		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subphylum:	Hexapoda		[Taxonomy; edit]
Class:	Insecta		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Dicondylia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subclass:	Pterygota		[Taxonomy; edit]
Infraclass:	Neoptera		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Eumetabola		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Holometabola		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superorder:	Hymenopterida		[Taxonomy; edit]
Order:	Hymenoptera		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Unicalcarida		[Taxonomy; edit]
Suborder:	Apocrita		[Taxonomy; edit]
Infraorder:	Aculeata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superfamily:	Vespoidea		[Taxonomy; edit]
Family:	Vespidae		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subfamily:	Polistinae		[Taxonomy; edit]
Tribe:	Polistini		[Taxonomy; edit]
Genus:	Polistes		[Taxonomy; edit]

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Parent:	Polistini [Taxonomy; edit]
Rank:	genus (displays as Genus)
Link:	Polistes
Extinct:	no
Always displayed:	yes (major rank)
Taxonomic references:	Buck, M.; S.A. Marshall; D.K.B. Cheung (2008). "Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the northeastern Nearctic region". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 05. doi:10.3752/cjai.2008.05. ISSN 1911-2173. http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/ejournal/bmc_05/bmc_05.html. Retrieved 15 Apr 2011.
Parent's taxonomic references:	Polistes