Vespa velutina

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q136668
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Vespa velutina

Summary

Vespa velutina is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (780 views/month, #960 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vespa velutina's image is recorded as Vespa velutina nigrithorax MHNT.jpg[3].
  • Vespa velutina's image is recorded as Vespa velutina nigrithorax MHNT dos.jpg[4].
  • Vespa velutina's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Vespa velutina's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • Vespa velutina's parent taxon is recorded as Vespa[7].
  • Vespa velutina's taxon range map image is recorded as Known distribution of the different colour morphs of Asian predatory wasp (Vespa velutina) across south-east Asia.png[8].
  • Vespa velutina's taxon name is recorded as Vespa velutina[9].
  • Vespa velutina's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15528885g[10].
  • Vespa velutina's Commons category is recorded as Vespa velutina[11].
  • Vespa velutina's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07kf39s[12].
  • Vespa velutina's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 202808[13].
  • Vespa velutina's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph582635[14].
  • Vespa velutina's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 259340[15].
  • Vespa velutina's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 703295[16].
  • Vespa velutina's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1311477[17].
  • Vespa velutina's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vespa velutina[18].
  • Vespa velutina's Commons gallery is recorded as Vespa velutina[19].
  • Vespa velutina's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0521485[20].
  • Vespa velutina's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/4d93f591-1785-4eea-9b96-49b782137498[21].
  • Vespa velutina's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'V. velutina'}[22].
  • Vespa velutina's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Asian hornet'}[23].
  • Vespa velutina's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Asian predatory wasp'}[24].
  • Vespa velutina's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Avispa asiática'}[25].
  • Vespa velutina's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'frelon asiatique'}[26].
  • Vespa velutina's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ツマアカスズメバチ'}[27].

Why It Matters

Vespa velutina ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (780 views/month, #960 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . ecopedia.be. ecopedia.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Korean National Species List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w 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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