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Genus Dolichovespula

Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata Common aerial Yellowjacket - Dolichovespula arenaria MATURE AERIAL YELLOWJACKET NEST - Dolichovespula arenaria Bald-faced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata Nest to ID if possible. - Dolichovespula Bald-faced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata male yellowjacket - Dolichovespula norwegica - male Common Aerial Yellowjacket - Dolichovespula arenaria - female
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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