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Polemistus  de Saussure, 1892
Taxonomic Serial No.: 768471

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Asiatomistus Tsuneki, 1993
  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2026   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderHymenoptera  – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps  
                                  SuborderApocrita  – abeilles, fourmis, guêpes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps  
                                     InfraorderAculeata   
                                        SuperfamilyApoidea  – bees, sphecoid wasps, apoid wasps  
                                           FamilyCrabronidae Latreille, 1802 – crabronid wasps, cicadakillers, sand wasps, mud daubers  
                                              SubfamilyPemphredoninae Dahlbom, 1835  
                                                 TribePemphredonini Dahlbom, 1835  
                                                    SubtribePemphredonina Dahlbom, 1835  
                                                       GenusPolemistus de Saussure, 1892  
    Direct Children:  
                                                          Species Polemistus abnormis (Kohl, 1888)  
                                                          Species Polemistus alishanus (Tsuneki, 1971)  
                                                          Species Polemistus annulicornis (Tsuneki, 1966)  
                                                          Species Polemistus antennatus Tsuneki in Tsuneki, Nozaka, Tano, Kurokawa and Murota, 1992  
                                                          Species Polemistus baliensis Tsuneki, 1992  
                                                          Species Polemistus bandraensis (Giner Marí, 1945)  
                                                          Species Polemistus barabbas (Pagden, 1933)  
                                                          Species Polemistus bequaerti (Arnold, 1929)  
                                                          Species Polemistus bidentatus Tsuneki in Tsuneki, Nozaka, Tano, Kurokawa and Murota, 1992  
                                                          Species Polemistus braunsii (Kohl, 1905)  
                                                          Species Polemistus cebuensis Tsuneki in Tsuneki, Nozaka, Tano, Kurokawa and Murota, 1992  
                                                          Species Polemistus chewbacca Menke in Menke and Vincent, 1983  
                                                          Species Polemistus clypeisinuatus L. Ma and Q. Li, 2020  
                                                          Species Polemistus dickboharti Menke in Menke and Vincent, 1983  
                                                          Species Polemistus divaricatus L. Ma and Q. Li, 2020  
                                                          Species Polemistus dudgeoni (Nurse, 1903)  
                                                          Species Polemistus exul R. Turner, 1907  
                                                          Species Polemistus formosus (Tsuneki, 1967)  
                                                          Species Polemistus fukuitor Tsuneki in Tsuneki, Nozaka, Tano, Kurokawa and Murota, 1992  
                                                          Species Polemistus gutianus L. Ma and Q. Li, 2020  
                                                          Species Polemistus levipes (Bingham, 1897)  
                                                          Species Polemistus luzonensis Rohwer, 1919  
                                                          Species Polemistus macilentus de Saussure, 1892  
                                                          Species Polemistus mindanaonis Tsuneki in Tsuneki, Nozaka, Tano, Kurokawa and Murota, 1992  
                                                          Species Polemistus nambui Tsuneki, 1992  
                                                          Species Polemistus niger Tsuneki in Tsuneki, Nozaka, Tano, Kurokawa and Murota, 1992  
                                                          Species Polemistus palawanensis Tsuneki in Tsuneki, Nozaka, Tano, Kurokawa and Murota, 1992  
                                                          Species Polemistus pediflavidus L. Ma and Q. Li, 2020  
                                                          Species Polemistus philippinensis Tsuneki in Tsuneki, Nozaka, Tano, Kurokawa and Murota, 1992  
                                                          Species Polemistus pusillus de Saussure, 1892  
                                                          Species Polemistus quadridentatus Tsuneki in Tsuneki, Nozaka, Tano, Kurokawa and Murota, 1992  
                                                          Species Polemistus raoi Sudheendrakumar and Narendran, 1985  
                                                          Species Polemistus reticulatus (Cameron, 1898)  
                                                          Species Polemistus schoutedeni (Leclercq, 1959)  
                                                          Species Polemistus siamensis (Cockerell, 1931)  
                                                          Species Polemistus stieglmayri (Kohl, 1905)  
                                                          Species Polemistus sumatrensis (Maidl, 1925)  
                                                          Species Polemistus tridentatus Tsuneki in Tsuneki, Nozaka, Tano, Kurokawa and Murota, 1992  
                                                          Species Polemistus vaderi Vincent in Menke and Vincent, 1983  
                                                          Species Polemistus yoda Vincent in Menke and Vincent, 1983  
                                                          Species Polemistus yoshikawai (Tsuneki, 1961)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wojciech J. Pulawski  
  Notes: Curator of Entomology, Emeritus. California Academy of Sciences. Golden Gate Park, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, California, 94118, USA   
  Reference for: Polemistus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Catalog of Sphecidae (2025); Family-Group Names/Classification, website (version 2025)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Pulawski, Wojciech J. 2025. Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato: Family Group Names and Classification. https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/entomology/entomology_resources/hymenoptera/sphecidae/family_group_names_and_classification.pdf   
  Reference for: Polemistus   
       
  Source: Catalog of Sphecidae (s.l.) 2025; Catalog of Genera and Species, website (version various)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Pulawski, Wojciech J. 2025. Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato: Catalog of Genera and Species. https://www.calacademy.org/catalog-of-sphecidae-genera-and-species   
  Reference for: Polemistus   
       
  Source: Catalog of Sphecidae (s.l.); Catalog of Genera and Species, 2016, website (version various)  
  Acquired: 2016   
  Notes: Pulawski, Wojciech J. 2016. Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato: Catalog of Genera and Species. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/entomology/entomology_resources/hymenoptera/sphecidae/genera/   
  Reference for: Polemistus   
       
  Source: Catalog of Sphecidae (s.l.); Family-Group Names / Classification, website (version 2016)  
  Acquired: 2016   
  Notes: Pulawski, Wojciech J. 2016. Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato: Family Group Names and Classification. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/entomology/entomology_resources/hymenoptera/sphecidae/family_group_names_and_classification.pdf   
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