Vespula infernalis
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Vespidae
Genus: Vespula
Name
Vespula infernalis (de Saussure) stat. n. – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Vespa infernalis de Saussure 1854[1]:139. Holotype female; “L’Amérique du Nord, Philadelphie (TURIN?).
- Vespa tripunctata Packard 1870[2]:26, pl. II fig. 11. Holotype female: “Kutleet”, USA (repository unknown). Nec Vespa tripunctata Fabricius 1787[3] and Vespa tripunctata Schenck 1861.
Distribution
The distribution of Vespula austriaca closely resembles that of acadica, occurring in subarctic Alaska and Canada, and southward in the western mountain ranges.
Biology
This is an obligatory social parasite of Vespula acadica (Reed et al. 1979[4]). This species has been known as Vespula austriaca, a Palearctic species, since Bequaert (1916), but there are sculptural differences in queens between Palearctic and Nearctic specimens.
Taxon Treatment
- Kimsey, L; Carpenter, J; 2012: The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera) Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 28: 37-65. doi
Other References
- ↑ Saussure H (1853–58) Monographie des Guêpes Sociales ou de la Tribu des Vespiens. Masson, Paris, and J. Cherbuliez, Genève.
- ↑ Packard A (1870) Notice of Hymenoptera and nocturnal Lepidoptera collected in Alaska by W. H. Dall, Director of the Scientific Corps of the Western Union Telegraph Company. Transactions of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 2: 25-32.
- ↑ Fabricius J (1787) Mantissa Insectorum. Hafniae.
- ↑ Reed H, Akre R, Garnett W (1979) A North American host of the yellowjacket social parasite Vespula austriaca (Panzer) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Entomological News 90: 110-113.
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