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Species Dolichovespula alpicola - Rocky Mountain Aerial Yellowjacket

Dolichovespula Alpicola queen (Front view) - Dolichovespula alpicola - female Dolichovespula Alpicola Male (front view) - Dolichovespula alpicola - male Dolichovespula alpicola nest - Dolichovespula alpicola Dolichovespula alpicola comb - Dolichovespula alpicola Dolichovespula alpicola queen and worker (front view) - Dolichovespula alpicola - female yellowjacket sp - Dolichovespula alpicola - female Wasp - Dolichovespula alpicola Yellow jacket - Dolichovespula alpicola
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)
Species alpicola (Rocky Mountain Aerial Yellowjacket)
Other Common Names
Rocky Mountain Yellow Hornet
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Previously reported incorrectly as D. saxonica
Explanation of Names
Dolichovespula alpicola Eck 1984
alpicola = Latin for 'living in mountains'
Identification
   
Queen (♀♀) Worker (♀) Male (♂)
Range
AK-AB to AZ-NM along the Rocky Mts(1)
Works Cited
1.The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera)
L.S. Kimsey and J.M. Carpenter. 2012. Journal of Hymenoptera Research Vol. 28: 37–65.
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 2 April, 2005 - 9:27am
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck, Ben Coulter, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 25 April, 2023 - 12:52am

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