Vespula

Notable species

• Two of the common European species, the German wasp and the common wasp, have been established in other countries: both species are now found in New Zealand, Australia and South America, while the former has also been introduced in North America, and the latter in southern Africa.
• The eastern yellowjacket and western yellowjacket are native to North America.

Species

• Vespula acadica – forest yellowjacket
• Vespula alascensis Packard, 1870 – common yellowjacket
• Vespula arisana
• Vespula atropilosa – prairie yellowjacket
• Vespula austriaca – red cuckoo wasp
• Vespula consobrina – blackjacket
• Vespula flaviceps
• Vespula flavopilosa Jacobson, 1978 – downy yellowjacket
• Vespula germanica – German wasp, German yellowjacket
• Vespula inexspectata Eck, 1991
• Vespula infernalis – cuckoo yellowjacket
• Vespula ingrica Birula, 1931
• Vespula intermedia – northern red-banded yellowjacket
• Vespula kingdonwardi Archer, 1981
• Vespula koreensis
• Vespula maculifrons – eastern yellowjacket
• Vespula nursei
• Vespula orbata
• Vespula orientalis - oriental hornet
• Vespula pensylvanica – western yellowjacket
• Vespula rufa – red wasp
• Vespula rufosignata
• Vespula shidai
• Vespula squamosa – southern yellowjacket
• Vespula structor
• Vespula sulphurea – California yellowjacket
• Vespula vidua
• Vespula vulgaris – common wasp