Vespula austriaca: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Vespidae
- Genus
- Vespula
- Species
- Vespula austriaca
- Scientific Name
- Vespula austriaca
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Vespula austriaca
Vespula austriaca is an obligate parasitic wasp, parasitizing the nests of other species in the genus Vespula in the Old World. Its common host species include V. rufa in Europe, Japan, and East Siberia.V. austriaca wasps pollinate orchids.
In some literature, V. austriaca is mentioned under the common name "Cuckoo wasp", but this should not be confused with the family Chrysididae, which have the same common name.
...Vespula austriaca in languages:
- Bokmål
- rødgjøkveps
- Chinese
- 澳黃胡蜂
- Czech
- vosa rakouská
- Dutch
- Oostenrijkse wesp
- English
- Boreal Yellowjacket
- English
- European Cuckoo Yellowjacket
- Estonian
- Kägu-maaherilane
- Finnish
- norkoampiainen
- German
- Österreichische Kuckuckswespe
- Japanese
- ヤドリスズメバチ
- Japanese
- ヤドリクロスズメバチ
- Korean
- 기생땅벌
- Russian
- Оса австрийская
- Swedish
- jordsnyltgeting
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Vespula acadica
- Vespula akrei
- Vespula alascensis
- Vespula arisana
- Vespula atropilosa
- Vespula austriaca
- Vespula consobrina
- Vespula flaviceps
- Vespula flavopilosa
- Vespula germanica
- Vespula inexspectata
- Vespula infernalis
- Vespula intermedia
- Vespula kingdonwardi
- Vespula koreensis
- Vespula maculifrons
- Vespula nursei
- Vespula orbata
- Vespula pensylvanica
- Vespula rufa
- Vespula shidai
- Vespula squamosa
- Vespula structor
- Vespula sulphurea
- Vespula vidua
- Vespula vulgaris









































