Bibliography for Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Archer, M.E. 1985. Population dynamics of the social wasps Vespula vulgaris and Vespula germanica in England. Journal of Animal Ecology 54: 473-485
• Archer, M.E. 1998. Worker versus sexual and sex ratio investments in the social wasp Vespula vulgaris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Vespinae) in England. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 7(2): 257-267
• Bashford, R. 2001. The spread and impact of the introduced vespine wasps Vespula germanica (F.) and Vespula vulgaris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae) in Tasmania. Australian Entomologist 28(1): 1-12 [Date published 4/May/2001]
• 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
• Charnley, H.W. 1973. The value of the propodeal orifice and the phallic capsule in vespid taxonomy (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 26: 1-79
• Crawford, L.D. 1985. European and English Wasps. Department of Agriculture, Victoria. Agnote 2585/84 (Agdex 612). 4 pp.
• Dong, D., He, Y., Wang, Y. & Wang, R. 2003. A new species of Vespula (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from Yunnan China. Journal of Southwest Agricultural University 25(3): 212–213 [In Chinese]
• Donovan, B.J., Howie, A.M.E., Schroeder, N.C., Wallace, A.R. & Read, P.E.C. 1992. Comparative characteristics of nests of Vespula germanica (F.) and Vespula vulgaris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Vespinae) from Christchurch City, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 19: 61-71
• Eck, R. 1999. Zur Populationsgliederung und Zoogeographie von Vespula vulgaris Faktoren der intraspezifschen Merkmalsänderungen (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 58(17): 309–342
• Edwards, R. 1980. Social Wasps : Their Biology and Control. East Grinstead : Rentokil Ltd. 398 pp.
• Gambino, P. 1986. Winter prey collection at a perennial colony of Paravespula vulgaris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 93(3–4): 331-340
• Harris, R.J. 1991. Diet of the wasps Vespula vulgaris and V. germanica in honeydew beech forest of the South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 18: 159-169
• Harris, R.J., Thomas, C.D. & Moller, H. 1991. The influence of habitat use and foraging on the replacement of one introduced wasp species by another in New Zealand. Ecological Entomology 16: 441-448
• Kojima, J. 1998. Larvae of social wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera; Vespidae). Natural History Bulletin of Ibaraki University 2: 7-227
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp.
• Matthews, R.W., Goodisman, M.A.D., Austin, A.D. & Bashford, R. 2000. The introduced English wasp Vespula vulgaris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) newly recorded invading native forests in Tasmania. Australian Journal of Entomology 39: 177-179
• Panzer, G.W.F. 1799. Faunae Insectorum Germaniae initia. oder Deutschlands Insecten. Vol. 6. Nürnberg 63 pp., pl. 2, fig. 1.
• Richards, O.W. 1978. The Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 61: 1-132
• Thomas, C.R., Moller, H., Plunkett, G.M. & Harris, R.J. 1990. The prevalence of introduced Vespula vulgaris wasps in a New Zealand beech forest community. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 13: 63-72
• Toft, R.J., Malham, J.P. & Beggs, J.R. 1999. Mortality and emergence pattern of overwintering cocoons of the wasp parasitoid Sphecophaga vesparum vesparum (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in New Zealand. Environmental Entomology 28(1): 9-13

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