Alaska yellowjacket | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]