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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets (Vespoidea) » Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps (Vespidae) » Hornets and Yellowjackets (Vespinae) » Dolichovespula

Genus Dolichovespula

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Works Cited
Wasp from my backyard - Dolichovespula maculata D. arenaria worker - Dolichovespula arenaria - female Vespid Wasp 2 - Dolichovespula adulterina - male Common Aerial Yellowjacket - Dolichovespula arenaria - female Bald-faced Hornet Male - Dolichovespula maculata - male Large Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata - female Large Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata - female Bald-faced Hornet nest - Dolichovespula maculata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)
Family Vespidae (Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps)
Subfamily Vespinae (Hornets and Yellowjackets)
Genus Dolichovespula
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
In the older literature the genus was either treated as a subgenus of Vespula or its species were included in the genus Vespula.
Identification
For keys to species see:
Key by Tony Thomas (2005)
Key to the five eastern North American species in the Identification Atlas of the Vespidae of the northeastern Nearctic region. (1)
University of Florida
SPHS
Works Cited
1.Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the Northeastern Nearctic Region
By Matthias Buck, Stephen A. Marshall, and David K. B. Cheung
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 15 March, 2005 - 10:16am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Matthias Buck
Last updated 29 February, 2008 - 2:35pm

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