Genus Vespula Thomson

Vespula Thomson, 1869: 79, subgenus of Vespa (8 species).

Type species: Vespa austriaca Panzer, 1799, by subsequent designation of Ashmead, 1902: 164. Pseudovespa Schmiedeknecht, 1881: 314, subgenus of Vespa Linnaeus.

Type species: Vespa austriaca Panzer, 1799, by monotypy.

Paravespula Blüthgen, 1938 [1937]: 271, subgenus of Dolichovespula Rohwer.

Type species: Vespa vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation.

Allovespula Blüthgen, 1943b: 149, subgenus of Paravespula Blüthgen.

Type species: “ Paravespula rufa (Linné) ” [= Vespa rufa Linnaeus, 1758], by monotypy. Rugovespula Archer, 1982: 261, 264, subgenus of Vespula Thomson.

Type species: Vespa koreensis Radoszkowski, 1887, by original designation.

This genus has a natural distribution in the Holarctic, Oriental and Neotropical Regions.