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 (569 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 (569 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 12 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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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'gl', 'id'
    Insects (insecta) of the world id → 913373
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P7224]]: 913373, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/278390|batch #278390]]"
  2. 19w 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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