BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

VESPIDAE (wasps)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Genus	Dolichovespula (a genus of social wasps)	2
Species	Dolichovespula media (European Wasp)		4	3
Species	Dolichovespula sylvestris (Scopoli) (Tree Wasp)		16
Species	Polistes dominulus (Christ) (Paper Wasp)				1
Species	Vespa crabro Linnaeus (The Hornet)		22			4
Genus	Vespula (a genus of wasps)	4	36			16

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

VESPIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

VESPIDAE is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Vespidae listed at higher taxonomic level

Associated with VESPIDAE:

	larva	larva is ectoparasitised by larva	Volucella inanis - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)		Rotheray, G.E., 1993
	nest	nest may attract larva	Volucella - a genus of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae)		Rotheray, G.E., 1993
	nest	nest may attract larva	Volucella zonaria - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)		Rotheray, G.E., 1993
	nest	nest may attract larva	Amobia signata - a flesh fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)		van Emden, F.I., 1954
	nest	nest may attract larva	Macronychia griseola - a flesh fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)		van Emden, F.I., 1954
	nest	nest may attract larva	Macronychia polyodon - a flesh fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)		van Emden, F.I., 1954

Vespidae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References