Family

Vespidae (Hornets, paper wasps, potter wasps, and allies)

Vespula pensylvanica. Photo: (c) Steven Mlodinow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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The Vespidae are a large (nearly 5000 species), diverse, cosmopolitan family of wasps, including nearly all the known eusocial wasps (such as Polistes fuscatus, Vespa orientalis, and Vespula germanica) and many solitary wasps. Each social wasp colony includes a queen and a number of female workers with varying degrees of sterility relative to the queen. In temperate social species, colonies usually only last one year, dying at the onset of winter. New queens and males (drones)…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
        Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
        Infraorder: Aculeata (Ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
        Superfamily: Vespoidea (Vespoid wasps)
        Family: Vespidae (Hornets, paper wasps, potter wasps, and allies)
        Subfamily: Vespinae (Hornets and yellowjackets) (7)
        Subfamily: Polistinae (Paper wasps) (2)
        Subfamily: Eumeninae (Potter and mason wasps) (1)

Subtaxa

Subfamily: Vespinae (Hornets and yellowjackets)

Subfamily: Polistinae (Paper wasps)

Subfamily: Eumeninae (Potter and mason wasps)

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