Short-headed wasps
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German wasp ( Vespula germanica ) |
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The short-headed wasps ( Vespula ) are a genus from the family of the wasps (Vespidae). It includes the common wasp ( Vespula vulgaris ) and the German wasp ( Vespula germanica ), probably their best-known species. Short-headed wasps, in addition to the similar long-headed wasps ( Dolichovespula ) and hornets ( Vespa ), belong to the real wasps (Vespinae).
features
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Short-headed wasps differ from the similar long-headed wasps ( Dolichovespula ) in that the distance between the lower edge of the eye and the base of the mandibles is small. The mandibles thus deflect directly below the compound eyes , which means that the cheeks are almost completely missing.
distribution
26 species are known worldwide, which are mainly distributed in the Holarctic and Oriental . 13 species occur in North America, in Europe there are four.
Species (Europe)
- Common wasp ( Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758))
- German wasp ( Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793))
- Austrian cuckoo wasp ( Vespula austriaca (Panzer, 1799))
- Red wasp ( Vespula rufa (Linnaeus, 1758))
Web links
literature
- Heiko Bellmann : bees, wasps, ants. Hymenoptera of Central Europe . Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-440-09690-4 .
- Rolf Witt: Wasps. Observe, determine. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-89440-243-1 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Matthias Buck, Stephen A. Marshall, David KB Cheung: Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the northeastern Nearctic region. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification No. 5, February 2008, p. 492ff. online: [1]
- ^ Vespula Thomson 1869 Fauna Europaea, accessed October 13, 2009 .