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Dolichovespula

{{Short description|Genus of wasps}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Dolichovespula_maculata_fg01.jpg

| image_caption = Dolichovespula maculata

| taxon = Dolichovespula

| authority = Rohwer, 1916

| type_species = Vespa maculata

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1763{{cite journal | author1 = James M. Carpenter | author2 = Jun-ichi Kojima | name-list-style = amp |year = 1997 | title = Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae) | url = http://research.amnh.org/iz/f/Carpenter_Kojima_1997_ves.pdf | journal = Natural History Bulletin of Ibaraki University | volume = 1 | pages = 51–92}}

| subdivision_ranks = Subgenera

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Dolichovespula is a small genus of social wasps distributed widely throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The yellow and black members of the genus are known by the common name yellowjackets in North America, such as Dolichovespula norwegica, along with members of their sister genus Vespula. In a study on the nesting biology of Dolichovespula, a colony of D. maculata with 771 workers was reported as having the largest recorded population count.Archer, Michael E. (September 2006). Taxonomy, distribution and nesting biology of species of the genus Dolichovespula. Entomological Science 9(3):281–293.

Overview

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Several morphological differences distinguish them from Vespula. The most noticeable is the long face (dolikhos = "long" in Greek). Viewed from the front, Dolichovespula faces are long, while Vespula faces are short and round. The oculomalar space, the distance between the eye and the mandible, is long in Dolichovespula and short in Vespula. Dolichovespula nests are usually aerial, while Vespula spp. often nest underground.

Reproduction

All females are born with reproductive capacities. Dolichovespula is different from its sister group Vespula in that some of the workers create haploid offspring that develop into males.

Species and subspecies

These species/subspecies are recognised:{{cite journal | author1 = Lynn S. Kimsey | author2 = James M. Carpenter | year = 2012 | title = The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera) | journal = Journal of Hymenoptera Research | volume = 28 | pages = 37–65 | doi=10.3897/jhr.28.3514| doi-access = free }}{{cite web | url = http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Dolichovespula/classification/ | title = Dolichovespula | accessdate = 11 January 2017 | publisher = Regents of the University of Michigan | website = Animal Diversity Web}}{{cite web | url = http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/hymenoptera/apocrita/vespidae/dolichovespula/index.html | title = Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1916 Ampiaiset? |accessdate = 12 January 2017 | publisher = funet.fi}}{{cite journal |last1=Carpenter |first1=James M. |last2=Kojima |first2=Jun-ichi |title=Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae) |journal=Nat. Hist. Bull. Ibaraki Univ. |date=1997 |pages=51–92 |url=https://research.amnh.org/iz/f/Carpenter_Kojima_1997_ves.pdf}}

References

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{{cite journal | url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/37d3/f03ad7939e630a056f3416f35f3f27fa3b23.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927164617/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/37d3/f03ad7939e630a056f3416f35f3f27fa3b23.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=2019-09-27 | s2cid=12009153 | last1=Foster | first1=Kevin R. | last2=Ratnieks | first2=Francis L. W. | last3=Gyllenstrand | first3=Niclas | last4=Thorén | first4=Peter A. | title=Colony kin structure and male production in Dolichovespula wasps | journal=Molecular Ecology | publisher=Wiley Publishing | volume=10 | issue=4 | year=2001 | issn=0962-1083 | doi=10.1046/j.1365-294x.2001.01228.x | pages=1003–1010| pmid=11348506 | bibcode=2001MolEc..10.1003F }}

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  • {{cite web |title= Dolichovespula |url= http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/hymenoptera/apocrita/vespidae/dolichovespula/index.html |website=www.nic.funet.fi|accessdate=2008-11-17}}
  • [http://www.baldfacedhornet.net Bald-faced hornet.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914225213/http://www.baldfacedhornet.net/ |date=2014-09-14 }} Baldfacedhornet.net

External links

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  • {{Wikispecies-inline|Dolichovespula}}

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Category:Vespidae

Category:Taxa named by Sievert Allen Rohwer

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