Vespula
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Vespula vulgaris (common wasp)
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Vespula f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Vespidae – some of the social wasps called yellowjackets.
- A taxonomic subgenus within the family Vespidae – Vespula subg. Vespula.
Hypernyms
- (subgenus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita – suborder; Vespoidea – superfamily; Vespidae – family; Vespinae – subfamily; Vespula – genus
Hyponyms
- (genus): Paravespula, Vespula – subgenera
- Vespula austriaca (red cuckoo wasp) – type species; Vespula acadica, Vespula akrei, Vespula alascensis (common yellowjacket), Vespula arisana, Vespula atropilosa (prairie yellowjacket), Vespula consobrina (blackjacket), Vespula flaviceps, Vespula flavopilosa (downy yellowjacket), Vespula germanica (German wasp, German yellowjacket), Vespula gongshanensis, Vespula inexspectata, Vespula infernalis (cuckoo yellowjacket), Vespula ingrica, Vespula kingdonwardi, Vespula koreensis, Vespula maculifrons (eastern yellowjacket), Vespula nujiangensis, Vespula nursei, Vespula orbata, Vespula pensylvanica (western yellowjacket), Vespula rufa (red wasp), Vespula rufosignata, Vespula shidai, Vespula squamosa (southern yellowjacket), Vespula structor, Vespula sulphurea (California yellowjacket), Vespula vidua, Vespula vulgaris )common wasp), Vespula yichunensis, Vespula yulongensis, Vespula yunlongensis – other species
Derived terms
References
Vespula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Vespula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Vespula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
