Vespula vulgaris

Vespula vulgaris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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
Species: Vespula vulgaris

Name

Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonymy

• Vespula rufosignata Eck, 1998

References

Primary references

• Baranek, B., Kuba, K., Bauder, J. & Krenn, H. 2018. Mouthpart dimorphism in male and female wasps of Vespula vulgaris and Vespula germanica (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 65(1): 65–74. DOI: 10.3897/dez.65.23593. Reference page. 
• Carpenter, J.M. 2009: Vespula rufosignata Eck, a synonym of Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Vespinae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, (45): 292. Full article (PDF) on Academia.edu Reference page. 
• Carpenter, J.M.; Glare, T.R. 2010: Misidentification of Vespula alascensis as V. vulgaris in North America (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Vespinae). American Museum novitates, (3690) DOI: 10.1206/706.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• Afrikaans: Europese wespe
• aragonés: Vespeta
• Boarisch: Gemeiner Wasp / Waps
• Deutsch: Gemeine Wespe
• English: Common wasp, Common yellowjacket
• suomi: Piha-ampiainen
• français: Guêpe commune, guêpe
• magyar: Kecskedarázs
• Nederlands: Gewone wesp
• norsk nynorsk: jordkvefs, jordveps
• norsk: jordveps
• українська: Оса звичайна

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