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SpeciesHymenopteraVespidae
Arthropods

🐝Dolichovespula maculata

Dolichovespula maculata (Linnaeus, 1763)

Dolichovespula maculata, la Guêpe à taches blanches, est une espèce de guêpes de la famille des Vespidae commune en Amérique du Nord.

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Also called
bald-faced hornet, Bald-faced Hornet
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderHymenoptera
  5. ›familyVespidae
  6. ›genusDolichovespula
  7. ›speciesDolichovespula maculata
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
  3. subfamilyVespinae
  4. genusDolichovespula
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
  7. superfamilyVespoidea
  8. familyVespidae
  9. subfamilyVespinae
  10. genusDolichovespula
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Dolichovespula maculata (de), Dolichovespula maculata (pl), Dolichovespula maculata (es), Dolichovespula maculata (fr), Dolichovespula maculata (it), Dolichovespula maculata (sv) … and 11 more languages
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