Dolichovespula media (Retzius, 1783)
(European Wasp)

Dolichovespula media (European Wasp) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Dolichovespula media (European Wasp) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDolichovespula media (European Wasp)
GenusDolichovespula (a genus of social wasps)
SubfamilyVESPINAE (wasps)
FamilyVESPIDAE (potter, mason and social wasps)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dolichovespula media (European Wasp)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Philips, A. & Roberts, S. 2010 Information Sheet 9: Median Wasp (Dolichovespula media)

Dolichovespula media (European Wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Dolichovespula media (European Wasp):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 19 images of Dolichovespula media (European Wasp)
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