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Vespidae

family of insects
Taxon taxon Q7037230
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Summary

Vespidae is a taxon[1]. Vespidae ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,635 views/month, #1,342 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Vespoidea[4]
  • Taxon name: Vespidae[5]
  • Commons category: Vespidae[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Vespidae[7], Q9167346[8]
  • Taxon common name: Social Wasps[9], Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter Wasps, Mason and Pollen Wasps[10], Vespidés[11], スズメバチ科[12], stikkevepser[13]

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Identifiers

Vespidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52747[14]. Vespidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7438[15]. Vespidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5242[16]. Vespidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4490[17]. Vespidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 154249[18].

Why It Matters

Vespidae has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Vespidae is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Naturespot. wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · ZorglubAB · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Catalogue of life id → HTJ
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Catalogue of life id: KZG3T"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Vespoidea
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → taxon
    Topic's main category → Category:Vespidae, Q9167346
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 16683, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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