Dolichovespula adulterina
| Dolichovespula adulterina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Genus: | Dolichovespula |
| Species: | D. adulterina |
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Dolichovespula adulterina (du Buysson, 1905) |
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Dolichovespula adulterina is a species of parasitic social wasp. D. adulterina lives in the Palearctic and Nearctic regions but parasitize different host species depending on which region it inhabits. D. adulterina feeds on a variety of foods including insects, spiders, arthropods, meat, mollusks, fruit, nectar and larval secretions.D. adulterina is synonymous with D. arctica from the Palearctic region.
Dolichovespula adulterina is a parasitic wasp that falls under the order Hymenoptera. It is a member of the subfamily Vespinae and was labeled a subgenus of the genus Vespula at one point. Dolichovespula are identified by gently notched labrum on the ventral border. This is the location of sensory bristles. Dolichovespula exhibit microscopic spinous growths all over the palate region, whereas other species have localized growths. Another distinctive feature is the monodentate mandible, where the primary incisor is always linear.Dolichovespula construct their nest out of pliable carton. Vespula will also construct their nests out of a pliable carton, suggesting they may be related. Other relations to Vespa include the similar long-collar outgrowth on the spiracle, an opening that leads to the respiratory system. Its body size is nearly identical in size to species of Vespula.
D. adulterina is a member of a monophyly with D. omissa. This monophyly is characterized by the absence of a worker caste, apical angle of the clypeus, dorsally effaced occipital carina, and a stinger that is bent backwards.D. adulterina is classified within its genus by the divergence of the Cu1 vein at the insertion of the cu-a cross-vein.
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