Vespula

Familia: Vespidae
Subfamilia: Vespinae
Genus: Vespula
Subgenus (not widely accepted): Paravespula
Overview of species (27):

V. acadica – V. akrei – V. alascensis – V. arisana – V. atropilosa – V. austriaca – V. consobrina – V. flaviceps – V. flavopilosa – V. germanica – V. inexspectata – V. ingrica – V. infernalis – V. intermedia – V. kingdonwardi – V. koreensis – V. maculifrons – V. nursei – V. orbata – V. pensylvanica – V. rufa – V. shidai – V. squamosa – V. structor – V. sulphurea – V. vidua – V. vulgaris

Removed (6): V. gongshanensis –^[1] V. nujiangensis –^[2] V. rufosignata –^[3] V. yichunensis –^[4] V. yulongensis –^[5] V. yunlongensis –^[5]
Added (3): V. akrei,^[6] V. infernalis,^[7] V. intermedia ^[7]

Vespula Thomson, 1869

Type species: Vespa germanica Panzer, 1799 by subsequent designation

• Thomson, C.G. 1869: Opuscula entomologica 1: 79 Reference page.  Original description: page 79

• Ashmead, W.H. 1902: Classification of the fossorial, predaceous and parasitic wasps, or the superfamily Vespoidea. Canadian entomologist, 34(7): 163–166. [164]
• Miller, C.D.F. 1961: Taxonomy and distribution of Nearctic Vespula. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 93(Supplement 22) DOI: 10.4039/entm9322fv Full article (PDF) on Academia.edu Reference page. 
• Carpenter, J.M., Dvořák, L., Kojima, J.-I., Nguyen, L.T.P., Perrard, A. & Pickett, K.M. 2011. Taxonomic notes on the Vespinae of Yunnan (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). American Museum Novitates (3709): 1–10. DOI: 10.1206/3709.2 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, L.T.P., Vu, T.T., Daglio, A. & Wiśniowski, B. 2019. Taxonomic review and distribution of the genus Vespula Thomson, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 4691(3): 279–285. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.3.8 Reference page. 

• Taxonomic tree: Vespula – on Catalogue of Life (CoL): 2019 Annual Checklist.
• Taxons containing „Vespula“ – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION).

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1. ↑ V. gongshanensis is synonym of V. structor (Tan, 2015) ⧼accessed on 20 August 2023⧽
2. ↑ V. nujiangensis is synonym of V. orbata (Carpenter, 2010) ⧼accessed on 20 August 2023⧽
3. ↑ V. rufosignata is synonym of V. vulgaris (Carpenter, 2009) ⧼accessed on 20 August 2023⧽
4. ↑ [PDF 2,9MB] V. yichunensis is synonym of V. rufa (Carpenter, 1997) ⧼accessed on 20 August 2023⧽
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} V. yulongensis is synonym of V. rufa and V. yunlongensis is synonym of V. flaviceps (Carpenter, 2015) ⧼accessed on 20 August 2023⧽
6. ↑ Landolt, P.J. et al. 2010: A new species of Vespula, and first record of Vespa crabro L. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from Guatemala, Central America. Zootaxa 2629: 61–68. Preview PDF
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} V. infernalis is given a new status as a species; V. intermedia is again recognized as a species Kimsey & Carpenter (2012) ⧼accessed on 20 August 2023⧽