Vespidae

family of insects
Taxon taxon Q7037230
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Vespidae

Summary

Vespidae is a taxon[1]. Vespidae ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,418 views/month, #1,342 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vespidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Vespidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Vespidae belongs to the parent taxon Vespoidea[5].
  • Vespidae's scientific name is Vespidae[6].
  • Vespidae's Commons category is recorded as Vespidae[7].
  • Vespidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vespidae[8].
  • Vespidae's topic's main category is recorded as Q9167346[9].
  • Vespidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Social Wasps'}[10].
  • Vespidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter Wasps, Mason and Pollen Wasps'}[11].
  • Vespidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Vespidés'}[12].
  • Vespidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'スズメバチ科'}[13].
  • Vespidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'stikkevepser'}[14].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Vespidae is Vespidae[6]. Vespidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Vespidae belongs to the parent taxon Vespoidea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Social Wasps'}[10], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter Wasps, Mason and Pollen Wasps'}[11], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Vespidés'}[12], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'スズメバチ科'}[13], and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'stikkevepser'}[14].

Identifiers

Vespidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52747[15]. Vespidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7438[16]. Vespidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5242[17]. Vespidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4490[18]. Vespidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 154249[19].

Why It Matters

Vespidae ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,418 views/month, #1,342 of 195,241).[2] Vespidae has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Vespidae is known by 21 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] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . Naturespot. wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Retrieved . 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. 22h 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
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 16683, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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