Asian giant hornet

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q121791
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Summary

Asian giant hornet is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.13% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,925 views/month, #256 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Vespa[4]
  • Taxon name: Vespa mandarinia[5]
  • Commons category: Vespa mandarinia[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Vespa mandarinia[7]
  • Commons gallery: Vespa mandarinia[8]
  • Described at URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/us/asian-giant-hornet-washington.html[9]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/4d93f591-1785-4eea-9b96-49b782137498[10]
  • Short name: V. mandarinia[11]
  • Taxon common name: Asian giant hornet[12], オオスズメバチ[13], Szerszeń azjatycki[14], 中華大虎頭蜂[15], 中國大虎頭蜂[16], 臺灣大虎頭蜂[17], كيف تصبح مجتهد[18], 土蜂仔[19], 大土蜂(台語)[20], 金環胡蜂[21], 金环胡峰[22], tártagu xigante[23], orjaški azijski sršen[24], 장수말벌[25]
  • Different from: Vespa velutina[26]
  • Taxon author citation: Smith, 1852[27]
  • Taxon range: India[28]

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Identifiers

Asian giant hornet's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 322284[29]. Asian giant hornet's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7446[30]. Asian giant hornet's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 259331[31]. Asian giant hornet's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5871429[32].

Why It Matters

Asian giant hornet has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [31] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . Korean National Species List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Korean National Species List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . 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. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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