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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 » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Hornets and Yellowjackets (Vespinae) » Aerial Yellowjackets (Dolichovespula)

Genus Dolichovespula - Aerial Yellowjackets

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata - Dolichovespula maculata Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata - male male yellowjacket - Dolichovespula albida - male Common Aerial Yellowjacket - Dolichovespula arenaria Wasp? - Dolichovespula maculata Dolichovespula maculata - Dolichovespula maculata nest - Dolichovespula arenaria Yellowjackets in nest - Dolichovespula arenaria
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 (Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies)
Subfamily Vespinae (Hornets and Yellowjackets)
Genus Dolichovespula (Aerial Yellowjackets)
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
Numbers
6 spp. in our area, 18 total(1)
Identification
The oculo-malar space of the face is longer than in Vespula (dolikhos = "long" in Greek)
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Keys to species:
Key to the five eastern spp.(1)
Key by Tony Thomas (2005)
Life Cycle
nests usually aerial
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].
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 15 March, 2005 - 10:16am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Matthias Buck, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 20 April, 2023 - 6:24pm

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