Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Order Hymenoptera > Suborder Apocrita > Superfamily Vespoidea > Family Vespidae > Subfamily Vespinae > Genus Vespula

Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Vespa Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

VespulaThomson, 1869accepted genus name
Allovespula Bluthgen, 1943 generic synonym
Paravespula Bluthgen, 1938 generic synonym
Pseudovespa Schmiedeknecht, 1881 generic synonym
Rugovespula Archer, 1982 generic synonym

Species group names

Vespa vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym
Vespa communis de Saussure, 1857 subjective synonym
Vespa westwoodii Shipp, 1893 subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: Gewone wesp sources: Dutch Species Register
 Swedish: vanlig geting

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Taxon found in 113 publications.

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4 specimens with barcodes

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Dr Josef Gusenleitner. Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=167811

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Last modified

2004-05-09 by Dr Mircea-Dan Mitroiu & by Dr Josef Gusenleitner

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