Genus Vespula Thomson, 1896

Vespula Thomson 1869: 79 . Type species: Vespa austriaca Panzer 1799 .

Pseudovespa Schmiedeknecht, 1881: 314 . Type species: Vespa austriaca Panzer, 1799 .

Paravespula Blüthgen, 1938a (1937): 271. Type species: Vespa vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 .

Allovespula Blüthgen, 1943b: 149 . Type species: Paravespula rufa (Linné) ‖ [= Vespa rufa Linnaeus, 1758].

Rugovespula Archer, 1982: 261, 264. Type species: Vespa koreensis Radoszkowski, 1887 .