Vespa (Intervespa) Engel and Nel 2024 (wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel and A. Nel. 2024. A large hornet from the Upper Miocene of Saint-Bauzile, southeastern France (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 129:425-436

Parent taxon: Vespa according to M. S. Engel and A. Nel 2024

Sister taxa: Vespa bilineata, Vespa binghami, Vespa ciliata, Vespa cordifera, Vespa crabroniformis, Vespa mandarinia, Vespa nigra, Vespa picea

Subtaxa: Vespa (Intervespa) tortonica

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Type: Vespa (Intervespa) tortonica

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (MNHN collection) (Miocene of France)

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