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Dolichovespula maculata  (Linnaeus)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 154260

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Vespula maculata (Linnaeus)
  
  Common Name(s): baldfaced hornet [English]
  
    guêpe à taches blanches [French]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderHymenoptera  – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps  
                                  SuborderApocrita  – abeilles, fourmis, guêpes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps  
                                     InfraorderAculeata   
                                        SuperfamilyVespoidea  – vespoid wasps  
                                           FamilyVespidae  – hornets, paper wasps, potter wasps, yellowjackets  
                                              GenusDolichovespula Rohwer, 1916  
                                                 SpeciesDolichovespula maculata (Linnaeus) – baldfaced hornet, guêpe à taches blanches  
       

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  Source: Common names of Insects in Canada, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: Entomological Society of Canada / société d'entomologie du Canada   
  Reference for: baldfaced hornet[English], guêpe à taches blanches [French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Dolichovespula maculata   
       
  Source: Stoetzel, M. B., 1989, database (version 1.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: baldfaced hornet[English]   
       
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