''Dolichovespula norvegicoides'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

of social wasp occurring from Central California, to Canada, and Alaska.

References

Vespidae Insects described in 1918 {{Vespidae-stub