Vespula vidua (de Saussure)

Kimsey, Lynn S. & Carpenter, James M., 2012, The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28, pp. 37-65 : 48

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.28.3514

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4F645023-D7A5-4C7D-A5A7-AAF9E22185AD

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/480EA977-DC41-9549-566F-5D7E42EA0DB7

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scientific name

Vespula vidua (de Saussure)
status

 

Vespula vidua (de Saussure) Figs 47 View Figures 38–47 64 View Figures 59–71 79 View Figures 72–84

Vespa vidua de Saussure 1854:136. Syntype females; "La Caroline" (PARIS).

Distribution.

Vespula vidua occurs in the Transition and Upper Austral Zones of eastern North America.

Biology.

Most nests are subterranean but Vespa vidua will also build nests in hollow logs.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Vespula