The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera) Author Kimsey, Lynn S. Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis, California 95616 lskimsey@ucdavis.edu Author Carpenter, James M. American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York 10024 text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2012 2012-08-24 28 37 65 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.28.3514 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.28.3514 1314-2607-28-37 9874B62229101918DB34FFF3FFA7FFF4 574788 4F645023-D7A5-4C7D-A5A7-AAF9E22185AD Dolichovespula alpicola Eck Figs 30 49, 54 Dolichovespula alpicola "Wagner" Eck 1984 :40 (key), fig. 3L; 1987 :191. Lectotype female; USA: Wyoming (DRESDEN). Distribution. This is a northern boreal species found in western North America from Alaska to Alberta, and extending as far south as Arizona and New Mexico along the Rocky Mountains (R. Jacobson personal communication). Biology. Dolichovespula alpicola is generally found in mixed hardwood-conifer forests in mountainous regions. There is little information on the nesting biology in this species. Eck (1984) attributed the species to Wagner in a key, thus validly publishing it. Eck (1987) later published a fuller description and designated a lectotype.