Dolichovespula omissa
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| Dolichovespula omissa | |
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| Dolichovespula omissa queen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Genus: | Dolichovespula |
| Species: | D. omissa |
| Binomial name | |
| Dolichovespula omissa Bischoff, 1931 | |
Dolichovespula omissa is a species of wasp in the family of Vespidae.[1] It lives as a social parasite by letting colonies of Dolichovespula sylvestris raise their young.
The wasps reach a body length of 15 to 18 millimeters (females) or 14 to 16 millimeters (males). Their yellow-black pattern is hardly variable. The males can only be distinguished from the other species of the genus Dolichovespula by details of the genital capsule.