Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793)

Dvořák, Libor, Roberts, Stuart P. M., Pla, Šumava Np and & Caer, 2006, Key to the paper and social wasps of Central Europe (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 46, pp. 221-244 : 233-234

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5327984

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E887AC-FFC3-FF88-EB48-BF36FD10A74C

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Felipe

scientific name

Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793)
status

 

Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793) View in CoL – German Wasp

This species can be confused only with V. vulgaris . Colour characteristics partly usable for separation from V. vulgaris are as follows: Clypeus with 1-3 black points. Yellow colour in ocular sinus convex towards antennae (often connected in males with frontal spot). Genae and temples completely yellow. Yellow lateral band on thorax widened in middle. Tergum 1 always with black rhombic spot.

The commonest species in urban habitats. Inhabits open and often secondary biotopes.

Very rarely found in forested areas and above 800 m a.s.l.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Vespula

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Vespula

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