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Genus Vespula Thomson, 1869

Vespula Thomson, C.G. 1869. Opuscula entomologica. [Systematisch faunistische Angaben über skandinavische Insekten]. Lund : Lundbergska Boktryckeriet Vol. 1 82 pp. [79].
Type species:
Vespa austriaca Panzer, 1799 by subsequent designation, see Ashmead, W.H. 1902. Classification of the fossorial, predaceous and parasitic wasps, or the superfamily Vespoidea. The Canadian Entomologist 34(7): 163-166 [Date published 07/02] [164].
Paravespula Blüthgen, P. 1938. Systematisches Verzeichnis der Faltenwespen Mittel-europas, Skandinaviens und Englands. Konowia 16(n): 270-295 [271] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1916].
Type species:
Vespa vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
Allovespula Blüthgen, P. 1943. Taxonomische und biologische Notizen über palaarktische Faltenwespen (Hym. Vespidae). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 104: 149–158.
Type species:
Vespa rufa Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
Rugovespula Archer, M.E. 1982. A revision of the subgenus Rugovespula nov. of the genus Vespula (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Kontyû 50: 261–269.
Type species:
Vespa koreensis Radoszkowski, 1887 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Carpenter, J.M. & Kojima, J. 1997. Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Natural History Bulletin of Ibaraki University 1: 51-92 [74] (also extralimital and extended synonymy)
Carpenter, J.M. & Brown, G.R. 2022. Catalogue of the Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Zootaxa 5214(4): 451–495

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

Richards, O.W. 1978. The Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 61: 1-132 [3]

Distribution

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Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Natural distribution in Holarctic Region only.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)