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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Hornets and Yellowjackets (Vespinae) » Aerial Yellowjackets (Dolichovespula)

Genus Dolichovespula - Aerial Yellowjackets

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Yellowjacket - Dolichovespula arenaria - female Insect for ID - Dolichovespula maculata D. maculata foundation - Dolichovespula maculata - female Yellow jacket nest - Dolichovespula arenaria Dolichovespula maculata Bald-faced Aerial Whitejacket - Lateral - Dolichovespula maculata Dolichovespula maculata wasp – Dolichovespula arctica? - Dolichovespula arctica
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Vespidae
Subfamily Vespinae (Hornets and Yellowjackets)
Genus Dolichovespula (Aerial Yellowjackets)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
used to be treated as part of Vespula
Explanation of Names
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1916
Numbers
6 spp. in our area; 18 total(1)
Identification
Overview of genus
The oculo-malar space longer than in Vespula:
vs

Overview of species
Keys to species by Thomas (2005, unpublished)(2) and Buck et al. (2008).(1)

D. albida
 
Queen (♀♀) Worker (♀) Male (♂)

D. alpicola
   
Queen (♀♀) Worker (♀) Male (♂)

D. arctica

Queen (♀♀) Male (♂)

D. arenaria
 
Queen (♀♀) Worker (♀) Male (♂)

D. maculata

Queen (♀♀) Worker (♀) Male (♂)

D. norvegicoides
 
Queen (♀♀) Worker (♀) Male (♂)
Life Cycle
Usually nests aerially.
Works Cited
1.Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the Northeastern Nearctic Region
Matthias Buck, Stephen A. Marshall, and David K. B. Cheung. 2008. Biological Survey of Canada [Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification].
2.YELLOWJACKETS & HORNETS THROUGH A LENS
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 15 March, 2005 - 10:16am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Matthias Buck, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 20 October, 2024 - 11:57pm

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