Polistes versicolor (Olivier, 1791) Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Arthropoda class Insecta order Hymenoptera family Eumenidae genus Polistes species Polistes versicolor Name Synonyms Polistes opalinus de Saussure, 1853 Polistes vulgaris Bequard, 1934 Vespa myops Fabricius, 1798 Vespa versicolor Olivier, 1792 Homonyms Polistes versicolor (Olivier, 1791)