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The basic morphology of a sterile female worker wasp. This particular diagram is close in likeness to that of a yellowjacket wasp found commonly around the world. It can be identified as female by both the number of division on its antenna and by the presense of its sting. Reasons for nominating;
Wasps (Family: Vespidae) Name Western honey bee Bumblebee Paper wasp Yellowjacket Bald-faced hornet European hornet Asian hornet; Image Colors Amber to brown translucent alternating with black stripes. [a] Exact pattern and colouration varies depending on strain/breed.
There are roughly 300 species of solitary wasps in California, she added. Yellowjackets and paper wasps are the two most common social wasp species in Northern California, Kimsey said.
Limonethe is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae.There are about five described species in Limonethe. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] They can be distinguished ...
Palaeovespa florissantia, late Eocene. The Vespidae are a large (nearly 5000 species), diverse, cosmopolitan family of wasps, including nearly all the known eusocial wasps (such as Polistes fuscatus, Vespa orientalis, and Vespula germanica) and many solitary wasps. [1]
An identification key for the genera of the World was published by Vilhemsen (2003). [12] The following list summarizes the genera and species and their gross distribution together with indications on identification keys: Argentophrynopus Vilhelmsen & D.R. Smith, 2002: 2 species, Costa Rica and supposedly Mexico. Taxonomy: Vilhelmsen & Smith ...
Scelioninae is a subfamily of wasps in the family Scelionidae.It is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species in some 160 genera) of exclusively parasitoid wasps, mostly small (0.5–10 mm), often black, often highly sculptured, usually with geniculate (elbowed) antennae that have a 9- or 10-segmented flagellum.
The most familiar members of the group are phytophagous, especially as gall-formers, though the actual majority of included species are parasitoids or hyperparasitoids. They are typically glossy, dark, smooth wasps with somewhat compressed bodies and somewhat reduced wing venation.