Vespa Linnaeus 1758 (wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Vespinae according to A. Perrard et al. 2016

See also Archer 1995, Carpenter 1992, Fabricius 1775, Fabricius 1798, Forster 1771, Geoffroy 1762, Harris 1780, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Müller 1764, Müller 1776, Schaeffer 1766, Scopoli 1763, Statz 1936 and Zhang 1989

Sister taxa: Palaeovespa, Provespa

Subtaxa: Vespa bilineata Vespa binghami Vespa ciliata Vespa cordifera Vespa crabroniformis Vespa mandarinia Vespa nigra Vespa picea

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of China (4 collections), Croatia (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

Total: 6 collections including 9 occurrences

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