Paravespula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Vespoidea

Familia: Vespidae
Subfamilia: Vespinae
Genus: Vespula
Subgenus (not widely accepted): Paravespula
Overview of species (11): V. akrei – V. arisana – V. flaviceps – V. germanica – V. koreensis – V. maculifrons – V. orbata – V. pensylvanica – V. shidai – V. structor – V. vulgaris

Check (1): V. inexspectata

Name

Paravespula Blüthgen, 1938

Original description: Primary references (page 271)

• Species in the subgenus Paravespula differ from the others in the genus Vespula in having larger colonies with up to thousands of individuals and several medium to large brood combs.
• These particular wasps have a tendency to make underground nests with the opening usually showing from a crack in a wall or an opening in a small grass hill

Synonym

Rugovespula Archer, 1982

References

Primary references

• Blüthgen, P. 1938(1937). Systematisches Verzeichnis der Faltenwespen Mitteleuropas, Skandinaviens und Englands. Konowia 16: 270–295. PDF. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Yamane, S., Wagner, R.E. & Yamane, S. 1980. A tentative revision of the subgenus Paravespula of eastern Asia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Insecta matsumurana 19: 1–46. hdl: 2115/9800 Reference page. 
• Archer, M.E. 1998. The world distribution of the Euro-Asian species of Paravespula (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Entomologist's monthly magazine 134: 279–284. Full article (PDF available). Reference page. 

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