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Vespula

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Hymenoptera

Subfamily
  
Vespinae

Higher classification
  
True wasps

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Vespidae

Scientific name
  
Vespula

Rank
  
genus

Vespula Yellowjacket OSU Extension Catalog Oregon State University

Lower classifications
  
Common wasp, Vespula germanica, Vespula rufa, Vespula pensylvanica, Paravespula

Vespula maculifrons


Vespula is a small genus of social wasps, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Along with members of their sister genus Dolichovespula, they are collectively known by the common name yellowjackets (or yellow jackets) in North America. The Vespula genus has a higher male paternity compared to Dolichovespula norwegica wasps.Vespula species have a shorter oculomalar space (shown in the figure below right) and a more pronounced tendency to nest underground than Dolichovespula.

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Vespula Key to eastern Nearctic Vespula species

Notable species

Vespula Vespula germanica Fabricius1793 BWARS

  • Two of the common European species, the German wasp (Vespula germanica) and the common wasp (Vespula vulgaris), have been established in North America, southern Africa, New Zealand, and eastern Australia.
  • The eastern yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) and western yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica) are native to North America.

    • Species

    Vespula Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris NatureSpot

  • Vespula acadica (Sladen, 1918) – forest yellowjacket
  • Vespula alascensis Packard, 1870
  • Vespula arisana (Sonan, 1929)
  • Vespula atropilosa (Sladen, 1918) – prairie yellowjacket
  • Vespula austriaca (Panzer, 1799) – red cuckoo wasp
  • Vespula consobrina (Saussure, 1854) – blackjacket
  • Vespula flaviceps (Smith, 1870)
  • Vespula flavopilosa Jakobson, 1978 – downy yellowjacket
  • Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793) – German wasp, German yellowjacket
  • Vespula inexspectata Eck, 1991
  • Vespula infernalis (de Saussure, 1854) – cuckoo yellowjacket
  • Vespula ingrica Birula, 1931
  • Vespula intermedia (du Buysson, 1904–05) – northern red-banded yellowjacket
  • Vespula kingdonwardi Archer, 1981
  • Vespula koreensis (Rad., 1887)
  • Vespula maculifrons (Buysson, 1905) – eastern yellowjacket
  • Vespula nursei Archer, 1981
  • Vespula orbata (Buysson 1902)
  • Vespula pensylvanica (Saussure, 1857) – western yellowjacket
  • Vespula rufa (Linnaeus, 1758) – red wasp
  • Vespula rufosignata Eck, 1998
  • Vespula shidai Ish., Yam., Wagn., 1980
  • Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770) – southern yellowjacket
  • Vespula structor (Smith, 1870)
  • Vespula sulphurea (Saussure, 1854) – California yellowjacket
  • Vespula vidua (de Saussure, 1854)
  • Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758) – common wasp

    • Vespula httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

    Vespula Vespula Wikipedia

    Vespula Vespula germanica WaspWeb

    References

    Vespula Wikipedia
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