A new species of Vespula, and first record of Vespa crabro L. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from Guatemala, Central America

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2629, 2010, Pages 61-68

  Landolt, Peter J ^a   Sierra, José Monzón ^b   Unruh, Thomas R ^a   Zack, Richard S ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Guatemala; Neotropical Region; New species; Vespidae; Vespula; Wasp; Yellowjacket

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; PARAVESPULA; VESPA CRABRO; VESPIDAE; VESPULA; VESPULA VULGARIS;

EID: 77957321500     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2629.1.4     Document Type: Article

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