Vespula intermedia (du Buysson)

Kimsey, Lynn S. & Carpenter, James M., 2012, The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28, pp. 37-65 : 46-47

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scientific name

Vespula intermedia (du Buysson)
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Vespula intermedia (du Buysson) Figs 21 View Figures 14–25 42 View Figures 38–47 63 View Figures 59–71 76 View Figures 72–84

Vespa rufa var. intermedia du Buysson 1905:591. Syntype male, female; Manchuria, Hudson’s Bay (PARIS, LONDON).

Distribution.

These wasps occur in the far northern Nearctic Region.

Biology.

The biology of North American intermedia has not been studied. Vespula rufa in the Palearctic usually nests below ground, in cavities or under eaves. They prey on live insects.

Although treated as a synonym of Vespula rufa (Linnaeus), which is thus a Holarctic species, the North American population is probably distinct and should be treated as a separate species, Vespula intermedia (du Buysson). It differs in coloration from Vespula rufa , with the pale markings being whitish and the metasomal terga I-II with reddish markings. The pale markings are either yellow in Vespula rufa (European specimens), or the terga lack reddish markings (Eastern Palearctic), or there are whitish spots in addition to reddish markings (Eastern Palearctic).

Buysson, R du, 1905 [1904]. . Monographie des guepes ou Vespa. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France 73(3): 485-556, 565-634.

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Figures 14 - 25. Front view of face, antennae removed. Vpl. = Vespula.

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Figures 38 - 47. Dorsal view of worker metasoma.

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Figures 59 - 71. Lateral view of genital capsule in Vespula (Vpl). Abbreviations: ae = aedeagus p = paramere.

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Figures 72 - 84. Ventral view of genital capsule in Vespula (Vpl). Abbreviations: A. = dorsal view of paramere ae = aedeagus p = paramere v = volsella Vpl. = Vespula.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Vespula