Vespula rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dvořák, Libor, Roberts, Stuart P. M., Pla, Šumava Np and & Caer, 2006, Key to the paper and social wasps of Central Europe (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 46, pp. 221-244 : 234

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5327984

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E887AC-FFC2-FF88-EB71-B876FD9FA56F

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Vespula rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Vespula rufa (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL – Red Wasp

This species has red colour on terga 1 and 2 unlike its social parasite V. austriaca . Clypeus often with black anchor-shaped marking.

Relatively common species in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Distinctly prefers forest stands and inhabits dry coniferous forests too.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Vespula

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Vespula

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