Genus

Vespula (Ground yellowjackets)

Vespula pensylvanica. Photo: (c) Steven Mlodinow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Vespula is a small genus of social wasps, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Along with members of their sister genus Dolichovespula, they are collectively known by the common name yellowjackets (or yellow jackets) in North America. Vespula species have a shorter oculomalar space (shown in the figure below right) and a more pronounced tendency to nest underground than Dolichovespula.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
        Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
        Infraorder: Aculeata (Ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
        Superfamily: Vespoidea (Vespoid wasps)
        Family: Vespidae (Hornets, paper wasps, potter wasps, and allies)
        Subfamily: Vespinae (Hornets and yellowjackets)
        Genus: Vespula (Ground yellowjackets)
        Species: Vespula alascensis (Alaska yellowjacket)
        Species: Vespula atropilosa (Prairie yellowjacket)
        Species: Vespula sulphurea (California yellowjacket)
        Species: Vespula pensylvanica (Western yellowjacket)
        Species: Vespula acadica (Forest yellowjacket)

Subtaxa

Species: Vespula alascensis (Alaska yellowjacket)

Species: Vespula atropilosa (Prairie yellowjacket)

Species: Vespula sulphurea (California yellowjacket)

Species: Vespula pensylvanica (Western yellowjacket)

Species: Vespula acadica (Forest yellowjacket)

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