Vespula acadica

Vespula acadica

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
Species: Vespula acadica

Name

Vespula acadica (Sladen, 1918)

• Lectotype: female; Canada: Ottawa (OTTAWA).

Basionym

Vespa acadica Sladen, 1918:

Synonyms

• Vespa americana du Buysson, 1905:
  • Holotype: male; Canada: Quebec (repository unknown).
• Vespula sladeni Bequard, 1932:
  • Holotype: female; Washington State (CAMBRIDGE).

References

Primary references

• Sladen, F.W.L. 1918. The genus Vespa in Canada. Key to the species. Ottawa Naturalist 32: 71–72. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Jacobson, R.S. 1990: Vespula acadica (Sladen) in the southern Blue Ridge. Sphecos, (20): 21–22. Full issue (PDF) Reference page. 
• Jacobson, R.S. 1996: New records of vespid wasps from the Carolinas and Kentucky. Sphecos, (30): 11. Full text Reference page. 
• Miller, C.D.F. 1961: Taxonomy and distribution of Nearctic Vespula. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 93(Supplement 22) DOI: 10.4039/entm9322fv Full article (PDF) on Academia.edu Reference page. 
• Reed, H.C.; Akre, R.D. 1983: Comparative colony behavior of the forest yellowjacket, Vespula acadica (Sladen) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 56(4): 581-606. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Reed, H.C.; Akre, R.D. 1983: Nesting biology of a forest yellowjacket Vespula acadica (Sladen) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), in the Pacific northwest. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76(4): 582-590. ingentaconnect Reference page. 
• Reed, H.C.; Akre, R.D. 1983: Usurpation behavior of the yellowjacket social parasite, Vespula austriaca (Panzer) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). American midland naturalist 110(2): 419-432. DOI: 10.2307/2425281 Reference page. 

Links

• Taxonomic tree: Vespula acadica – on Catalogue of Life (CoL): 2019 Annual Checklist.
• Vespula acadica – Taxon details on BugGuide.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Vespula acadica. [accessed on 22 August 2023]

Vernacular names

English: Forest yellowjacket

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