Vespula alascensis

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Alaska yellowjacket
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Genus: Vespula
Species:
V. alascensis
Binomial name
Vespula alascensis
Packard, 1870

Vespula alascensis, also referred to as Alaska yellowjacket or American yellowjacket, is a species of yellowjacket that inhabits North America. Although it was named in 1870, it was, until 2010, treated as a taxonomic synonym of a related species, Vespula vulgaris , but is now recognized as a distinct taxon. [1] Generally it nests in the ground. [2]

References

  1. Carpenter, James M.; Glare, Travis R. "Misidentification of Vespula alascensis as V. vulgaris in North America (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Vespinae)" (PDF). AMNH Research Library Digital Repository. American Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  2. G.R. Mullen & L.A. Durden 2019: Medical and veterinary entomology. 2019. p. 461. Retrieved 2022-07-31.