Vespula

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q1065202
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Vespula

Summary

Vespula is a taxon[1]. Vespula ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (480 views/month, #1,497 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vespula's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Vespula is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Vespula belongs to the parent taxon Vespinae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Vespula is Vespula[6].
  • Vespula's Commons category is recorded as Vespula[7].
  • Vespula's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vespula[8].
  • Vespula is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wespen'}[9].
  • Vespula is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Yellowjackets'}[10].
  • Vespula is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Guêpes'}[11].
  • Vespula is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'クロスズメバチ属'}[12].
  • Vespula is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'kortkinnvepser'}[13].
  • Vespula is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'osa'}[14].
  • Vespula's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Vespula is Vespula[6]. Vespula is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Vespula belongs to the parent taxon Vespinae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wespen'}[9], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Yellowjackets'}[10], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Guêpes'}[11], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'クロスズメバチ属'}[12], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'kortkinnvepser'}[13], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'osa'}[14].

Identifiers

Vespula's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 61356[16]. Vespula's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7451[17]. Vespula's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1311631[18]. Vespula's ITIS TSN is recorded as 154274[19].

Why It Matters

Vespula ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (480 views/month, #1,497 of 195,241).[2] Vespula has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Vespula is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [17] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Vespinae
    Instance of taxon
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Aliases
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007546654605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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