bald-faced hornet

Summary

bald-faced hornet is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.4% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,971 views/month, #782 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• bald-faced hornet's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• bald-faced hornet is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• bald-faced hornet is classified within Dolichovespula^[5].
• bald-faced hornet's scientific name is Dolichovespula maculata^[6].
• bald-faced hornet's Commons category is recorded as Dolichovespula maculata^[7].
• bald-faced hornet's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dolichovespula maculata^[8].
• bald-faced hornet's Commons gallery is recorded as Dolichovespula maculata^[9].
• bald-faced hornet is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bald-faced Hornet'}^[10].
• bald-faced hornet's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality^[11].

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Classification

bald-faced hornet's scientific name is Dolichovespula maculata^[6]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Dolichovespula^[5]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bald-faced Hornet'}^[10].

Identifiers

bald-faced hornet's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52911^[12]. bald-faced hornet's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7441^[13]. bald-faced hornet's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 239818^[14]. bald-faced hornet's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1311815^[15]. bald-faced hornet's ITIS TSN is recorded as 154260^[16].

Why It Matters

bald-faced hornet ranks in the top 0.4% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,971 views/month, #782 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]