Vespa squamosus Drury, 1770:98, pl. 43, fig. 7,New York; Carpenter & Kojima, 1997Carpenter, J.M. & J. Kojima 1997. Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Nat Hist Bulletin Ibaraki Univer 1:51-92.:80, destroyed?; Kimsey & Carpenter, 2012Kimsey, L.S. & J.M. Carpenter 2012. The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28:37-65.:60, Holotype ♀, destroyed ?. - As Vespa squamosa: - Lewis, 1897Lewis, B.S. 1897. Vespinae of the United States and Canada. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 24 (2):169-192, 1 pl. (distribution); Bequaert, 1931Bequaert, J.C. 1931. A tentative synopsis of the hornets and the yellow-jackets (Vespinae; Hymenoptera) of America. Entomologica Americana 12 (2):71-138.:108 (listed). - As Vespula squamosa: - Hermann, Hermann, H.R. . The social wasps of Florida (Hymenoptera; Vespidae). :. (distribution); Bequaert, 1931Bequaert, J.C. 1931. A tentative synopsis of the hornets and the yellow-jackets (Vespinae; Hymenoptera) of America. Entomologica Americana 12 (2):71-138. (distribution); Krombein, 1950Krombein, K.V. 1950. An annotated list of wasps from Nags Head and the Kill Devil Hills (Hymenoptera Aculeata). Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 65:262-272. (distribution); Krombein, 1963Krombein, K.V. 1963. Natural history of Plummers Island, Maryland. XVII. Annotated list of the wasps (Hymenoptera: Bethyloidea, Scolioidea, Vespoidea, Pompiloidea, Sphecoidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 76:255-280. (distribution); Grissell, 1974Grissell, E.E. 1974. The hornets and yellow jackets (Vespula) of Florida. Entomology Circular 142:1-2. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); Akre et al., 1980Akre, R.D., A. Greene, J.F. MacDonald, P.J.Landolt & H.G. Davis 1980. The yellowjackets of America North of Mexico. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Handbook 552:1-102. (distribution); Carpenter & Kojima, 1997Carpenter, J.M. & J. Kojima 1997. Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Nat Hist Bulletin Ibaraki Univer 1:51-92. (distribution); Hunt et al., 2001Hunt, J.H., Cave, R.D. & Borjas, G.R. 2001. First records from Honduras of a yellowjacket wasp, Vespula squamosa (Drury) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 74 (2):118-119. (distribution); Ruíz-Cancino & Coronado-Blanco, 2002Ruíz-Cancino, E. & J.M. Coronado-Blanco 2002. Artrópodos terrestres de los estados de Tamaulipas y Nuevo León, México. Serie Publicaciones Cientificas No. 4:1-376. (distribution); Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2005Ruíz-Cancino, E., J.M. Coronado-Blanco & J.V. Horta Vega 2005. Conocimiento actual de las avispas depredadoras (Hymenoptera) en Tamaulipas, México. In: Lozano, L. B., A.C. Sandoval, J.V.H. Vega & J.G. Jiménez (Ed.). Biodiversidad tamaulipeca: vol. 1. 164-170. (distribution); Dvorak, L., 2006Dvorak, L. 2006. Oriental Hornet Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771 found in Mexico (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Vespinae). Ent. Problems 36 (1):80. (distribution); Landolt et al., 2009Landolt, P.J., H.C. Reed, K.N. Landolt, J. Monzón Sierra & R.S. Zack 2009. Southern yellowjacket, Vespula squamosa (Drury) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Guatemala, Central America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 111 (2):426-432. (distribution); Landolt et al., 2010Landolt, P.J., J.M. Sierra, T.R. Unruh & R.S. Zack 2010. A new species of Vespula, and first record of Vespa crabro L. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from Guatemala, Central America. Zootaxa 2629:61-68. (distribution); Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2010Ruíz-Cancino, E., D.R. Kasparyan, J.M. Coronado-Blanco, S.N. Myartseva, V.A. Trjapitzin, S.G. Hernández Aguilar & J. García Jiménez 2010. Himenópteros de la Reserva “El Cielo”, Tamaulipas, México. Dugesiana 17 (1):53-71. (distribution); Carpenter et al., 2012Carpenter, J.M., B.R. Garcete-Barrett & Y.J.A.F. López 2012. Las Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) de Guatemala. In: Cano, E.B. & J.C. Schuster (Ed.). Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. 269-279. (distribution); Kimsey & Carpenter, 2012Kimsey, L.S. & J.M. Carpenter 2012. The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28:37-65. (distribution).
Vespa lineata Fabricius, 1775:365,America (leg. Drury); Carpenter & Kojima, 1997Carpenter, J.M. & J. Kojima 1997. Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Nat Hist Bulletin Ibaraki Univer 1:51-92.:80 (type depository unknown); Kimsey & Carpenter, 2012Kimsey, L.S. & J.M. Carpenter 2012. The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28:37-65.:61, unknown. - Bequaert, 1931Bequaert, J.C. 1931. A tentative synopsis of the hornets and the yellow-jackets (Vespinae; Hymenoptera) of America. Entomologica Americana 12 (2):71-138.:108 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1520 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Carpenter & Kojima, 1997Carpenter, J.M. & J. Kojima 1997. Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Nat Hist Bulletin Ibaraki Univer 1:51-92.:80 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Kimsey & Carpenter, 2012Kimsey, L.S. & J.M. Carpenter 2012. The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28:37-65.:61 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)). - As Polistes lineatus: - Cresson, 1865Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp. (distribution); Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution); Rohwer & Holland, 1917Rohwer, S.A. & W.J. Holland 1917. List of the Hymenoptera collected on the Isle of Pines by G. A. Link, Sr., 1912-1913, and contained in the Carnegie Museum. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 11:291-296. (distribution).
Sphex conchacea Christ, 1791:259, Carpenter & Kojima, 1997Carpenter, J.M. & J. Kojima 1997. Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Nat Hist Bulletin Ibaraki Univer 1:51-92.:80, destroyed; Kimsey & Carpenter, 2012Kimsey, L.S. & J.M. Carpenter 2012. The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28:37-65.:61, Type ?, destroyed. - Carpenter & Kojima, 1997Carpenter, J.M. & J. Kojima 1997. Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Nat Hist Bulletin Ibaraki Univer 1:51-92.:80 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Kimsey & Carpenter, 2012Kimsey, L.S. & J.M. Carpenter 2012. The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28:37-65.:61 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)). - As Vespa conchacea: - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1520 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)).
Vespa cuneata Fabricius, 1804:258,Carolina (Mus. Dom. Bose); Kimsey & Carpenter, 2012Kimsey, L.S. & J.M. Carpenter 2012. The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28:37-65.:61 (Copenhagen). - Smith, 1857Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London. 147 pp. (distribution); Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1894Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181. (distribution); Lewis, 1897Lewis, B.S. 1897. Vespinae of the United States and Canada. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 24 (2):169-192, 1 pl. (distribution); Bequaert, 1931Bequaert, J.C. 1931. A tentative synopsis of the hornets and the yellow-jackets (Vespinae; Hymenoptera) of America. Entomologica Americana 12 (2):71-138.:108 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1520 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Carpenter & Kojima, 1997Carpenter, J.M. & J. Kojima 1997. Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Nat Hist Bulletin Ibaraki Univer 1:51-92.:80 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Kimsey & Carpenter, 2012Kimsey, L.S. & J.M. Carpenter 2012. The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28:37-65.:61 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)). - As Vespa cruciata: - Bequaert, 1931Bequaert, J.C. 1931. A tentative synopsis of the hornets and the yellow-jackets (Vespinae; Hymenoptera) of America. Entomologica Americana 12 (2):71-138.:108 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1520 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Carpenter & Kojima, 1997Carpenter, J.M. & J. Kojima 1997. Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Nat Hist Bulletin Ibaraki Univer 1:51-92.:80 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Kimsey & Carpenter, 2012Kimsey, L.S. & J.M. Carpenter 2012. The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28:37-65.:61 (unjustified emendation). - As Vespa cruciata: - Bequaert, 1931Bequaert, J.C. 1931. A tentative synopsis of the hornets and the yellow-jackets (Vespinae; Hymenoptera) of America. Entomologica Americana 12 (2):71-138.:108 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1520 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Carpenter & Kojima, 1997Carpenter, J.M. & J. Kojima 1997. Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Nat Hist Bulletin Ibaraki Univer 1:51-92.:80 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Kimsey & Carpenter, 2012Kimsey, L.S. & J.M. Carpenter 2012. The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28:37-65.:61 (unjustified emendation).
Vespa bistriata McFarland, 1888:297 (key), 298, ♀. Holotype ♀, North America (American Entomological Society); Kimsey & Carpenter, 2012Kimsey, L.S. & J.M. Carpenter 2012. The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28:37-65.:61, Holotype ♀ (Philadelphia). - Bequaert, 1931Bequaert, J.C. 1931. A tentative synopsis of the hornets and the yellow-jackets (Vespinae; Hymenoptera) of America. Entomologica Americana 12 (2):71-138.:108 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1520 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Carpenter & Kojima, 1997Carpenter, J.M. & J. Kojima 1997. Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Nat Hist Bulletin Ibaraki Univer 1:51-92.:80 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Kimsey & Carpenter, 2012Kimsey, L.S. & J.M. Carpenter 2012. The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28:37-65.:61 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)).
Vespa macfarlandi Lewis, 1897:172 (key), 180, ♀ Replacement name for Vespa bistriata McFarland, 1888 by Lewis, 1897Lewis, B.S. 1897. Vespinae of the United States and Canada. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 24 (2):169-192, 1 pl.:180. - Bequaert, 1931Bequaert, J.C. 1931. A tentative synopsis of the hornets and the yellow-jackets (Vespinae; Hymenoptera) of America. Entomologica Americana 12 (2):71-138.:108 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1520 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Carpenter & Kojima, 1997Carpenter, J.M. & J. Kojima 1997. Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Nat Hist Bulletin Ibaraki Univer 1:51-92.:80 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Kimsey & Carpenter, 2012Kimsey, L.S. & J.M. Carpenter 2012. The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28:37-65.:61 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)).
Vespula squamosa michoacana Bequaert, 1941:249, Kimsey & Carpenter, 2012Kimsey, L.S. & J.M. Carpenter 2012. The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28:37-65.:61, Holotype ♀ (Cambridge). - Carpenter & Kojima, 1997Carpenter, J.M. & J. Kojima 1997. Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Nat Hist Bulletin Ibaraki Univer 1:51-92.:80 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)). - As Vespa squamosa michoacana: - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1520 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)); Kimsey & Carpenter, 2012Kimsey, L.S. & J.M. Carpenter 2012. The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 28:37-65.:61 ( listed as synonym of Vespula squamosa (Drury, 1770)).