Species Dolichovespula albida - Arctic Yellowjacket

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Is this a Bald-faced Hornet - Vespula maculata? - Dolichovespula albida - female

Arctic Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula norwegica) queen - Dolichovespula albida - female

Dolichovespula norwegica brood - Dolichovespula albida - female

male yellowjacket - Dolichovespula albida - male

Vespid wasp - Dolichovespula albida - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and 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

Species albida (Arctic Yellowjacket)

Other Common Names

Arctic Hornet

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

This species was previously considered a synonym of the Palaearctic species D. norwegica (Fabricius) (Carpenter et al., 2011).

Explanation of Names

D. albida Sladen 1918 (Vespa)

Range

Canada: all provinces and territories. Northern U.S.: AK and ME (Carpenter and Kojima 1997, Archer 1999).

Print References

Carpenter, J.M., Dvorak, L. & Pickett, K.M. (2011): Dolichovespula albida (Sladen), a valid species, not a synonym of D. norwegica (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Vespinae). Entomologia Americana 117: 113-116.

Internet References

Species page in the Identification Atlas of the Vespidae of the Northeastern Nearctic Region (as D. norwegica) (1)

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 Tony-2 on 2 April, 2005 - 9:24am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Matthias Buck
Last updated 20 April, 2012 - 10:53am

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