Vespa velutina

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q136668
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Summary

Vespa velutina is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,027 views/month, #960 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Vespa[4]
  • Taxon name: Vespa velutina[5]
  • Commons category: Vespa velutina[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Vespa velutina[7]
  • Commons gallery: Vespa velutina[8]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/4d93f591-1785-4eea-9b96-49b782137498[9]
  • Short name: V. velutina[10]
  • Taxon common name: Asian hornet[11], Asian predatory wasp[12], Avispa asiática[13], frelon asiatique[14], ツマアカスズメバチ[15], 黃腳虎頭蜂[16], 黃跗虎頭蜂[17], 赤尾虎頭蜂[18], 黃腳仔(台語)[19], 花腳仔(台語)[20], 凹紋胡蜂[21], tártagu asiáticu[22], Aziatische hoornaar[23], azijski sršen[24]
  • Invasive to: South Korea[25], France[26], Spain[27], Portugal[28], Japan[29], Belgium[30], Netherlands[31], Luxembourg[32], New Zealand[33]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[34]
  • Taxon author citation: Lepeletier, 1836[35]
  • Diel cycle: diurnality[36]
  • Taxon range: India[37]

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Identifiers

Vespa velutina's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 119019[38]. Vespa velutina's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 202808[39]. Vespa velutina's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 259340[40]. Vespa velutina's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1311477[41].

Why It Matters

Vespa velutina has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Korean National Species List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [39] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [40] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [41] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . pureportal.inbo.be. Retrieved . pureportal.inbo.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . nvwa.nl. Retrieved . nvwa.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . neobiota.lu. Retrieved . neobiota.lu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . mpi.govt.nz. Retrieved . mpi.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . Korean National Species List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [36] ↑ . Diurnal periodicity of flight by insects. wikidata.org.
  39. [37] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Vespa
    Instance of → —
    Taxon range → India
    Topic's main category → Category:Vespa velutina
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