Vespula

Vespula
German wasp (Vespula germanica)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Vespidae
Subfamily:Vespinae
Genus:Vespula
Type species
Vespa austriaca
Panzer, 1799[1]
Species

23 species

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. Vespula species have a shorter oculomalar space (shown in the figure below right) and a more pronounced tendency to nest underground than Dolichovespula.

Notable species

Illustration showing oculomalar space

Species

  • Vespula acadica (Sladen, 1918) – forest yellowjacket[2]
  • Vespula alascensis Packard, 1870 – common yellowjacket[2]
  • Vespula arisana (Sonan, 1929)
  • Vespula atropilosa (Sladen, 1918) – prairie yellowjacket[2]
  • Vespula austriaca (Panzer, 1799) – red cuckoo wasp
  • Vespula consobrina (Saussure, 1854) – blackjacket[2]
  • Vespula flaviceps (Smith, 1870)
  • Vespula flavopilosa Jacobson, 1978 – downy yellowjacket[3][2]
  • Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793) – German wasp, German yellowjacket[2]
  • Vespula inexspectata Eck, 1991
  • Vespula infernalis (de Saussure, 1854) – cuckoo yellowjacket[2]
  • Vespula ingrica Birula, 1931
  • Vespula intermedia (du Buysson, 1904–05) – northern red-banded yellowjacket[2]
  • Vespula kingdonwardi Archer, 1981
  • Vespula koreensis (Rad., 1887)
  • Vespula maculifrons (Buysson, 1905) – eastern yellowjacket
  • Vespula nursei (Archer, 1981)
  • Vespula orbata (Buysson 1902)
  • Vespula orientalis (Linnaeus, 1771) - oriental hornet
  • Vespula pensylvanica (Saussure, 1857) – western yellowjacket[2]
  • 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[2]
  • Vespula vidua (de Saussure, 1854)[2]
  • Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758) – common wasp

See also

References

  1. ↑ James M. Carpenter & Jun-ichi Kojima (1997). "Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae)" (PDF). Natural History Bulletin of Ibaraki University. 1: 51–92.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Vespula, BugGuide
  3. ↑ Jacobson, R. S.; Matthews, R. W.; Macdonald, J. F. (1978-05-15). "A Systematic Study of the Vespula vulgaris Group with a Description of a New Yellowjacket Species in Eastern North America (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)1". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 71 (3): 299–312. doi:10.1093/aesa/71.3.299. ISSN 0013-8746.


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