Polistes canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Arthropoda class Insecta order Hymenoptera family Eumenidae genus Polistes species Polistes canadensis Name Synonyms Polistes panamensis Holmgren, 1868 Polistes unicolor Lepeletier, 1836 Polistes urceolata Klug Erichs., 1848 Vespa canadensis Linnaeus, 1758 Vespa lanis Fabricius, 1775 Vespa marribous L.Christ, 1791 Homonyms Polistes canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)