Dolichovespula sylvestris (Scopoli, 1763)
(Tree Wasp)

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDolichovespula sylvestris (Tree 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 sylvestris (Tree Wasp)

Dolichovespula sylvestris (Tree Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bunn, 1982 1982 Notes on the nesting cycle of Dolichovespula sylvestris Scop. (Hym. Vespidae). Ent. Mon. Mag.: 213-218.
Bunn, D. 1988 Another case of inter-specific usurpation in Dolichovespula Sphecos Vol 17: 14.
Bunn, D.S. 1982 Usurpation in wasps (Hym., Vespidae) Ent. Mon. Mag.: 171-173.
Edwards, R. 1982 Inter-specific facultative temporary parasitism in Dolichovespula Sphecos Vol 5: 8-9.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Dolichovespula sylvestris (Tree Wasp):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 30 images of Dolichovespula sylvestris (Tree Wasp)
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