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Vespa {genus} -
Arthropoda
;
Insecta
;
Hymenoptera
;
Vespidae
;
Vespinae
;
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Sub-taxa
Species (20)
Vespa affinis [28]
Vespa analis [24]
Vespa basalis [79]
Vespa bicolor [33]
Vespa binghami [3]
Vespa crabro [178]
Vespa ducalis [14]
Vespa dybowskii [9]
Vespa germanica [3]
Vespa luctuosa [5]
Vespa magnifica [35]
Vespa mandarinia [243]
Vespa orientalis [122]
Vespa sexmaculata [1]
Vespa simillima [40]
Vespa soror [32]
Vespa sp. A76 [1]
Vespa tropica [14]
Vespa velutina [463]
Vespa vivax [2]
Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
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BOLD Stats
Specimen Records:
1,402
Public Records:
956
Specimens with Sequences:
1,375
Public Species:
18
Specimens with Barcodes:
1,337
Public BINs:
31
Species:
20
Species With Barcodes:
17
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Imagery
images representing subtaxa of Vespa
(
Vespa velutina
)
Sample ID:
X_BJCP22
License:
bync (2019)
License Holder:
Unspecified, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
Collection Sites
Collected from 27 countries.
Top 20:
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Pakistan
65
Canada
9
Bangladesh
3
Thailand
43
Russia
7
Croatia
2
Germany
35
Japan
4
Netherlands
2
Lebanon
33
United States
4
Norway
2
Vietnam
24
Philippines
3
Slovakia
2
China
12
South Korea
3
Spain
1
France
10
Austria
3
![(Vespa affinis - CBG-B00901-F10) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2025) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/TIGMV/CBG-B00901-F10%2B1756142648.jpg "(Vespa affinis - CBG-B00901-F10) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2025)")
![(Vespa analis - BIOUG26171-A09) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2017) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/EZIRA/BIOUG26171-A09%2B1494945960.jpg "(Vespa analis - BIOUG26171-A09) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2017)")
![(Vespa basalis - NIBGE HYM-00044) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Muhammad Ashfaq National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Faisalabad Pakistan](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/MAHYM/HYM_NIBGE-00044%2B1288880936.JPG "(Vespa basalis - NIBGE HYM-00044) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010)")
![(Vespa bicolor - X_BJCP23) @11 [ ] bync (2019) Unspecified Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/HEC/X_BJCP231%2B1576262220.jpg "(Vespa bicolor - X_BJCP23) {} [ ] bync (2019)")
![(Vespa crabro - BC ZSM HYM 15275) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Unspecified SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/GBACU/BC_ZSM_HYM_15275%2B1353098306.jpg "(Vespa crabro - BC ZSM HYM 15275) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015)")
![(Vespa ducalis - VIETBIO-29775-H02) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) SNSB, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns ZSM (SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen)](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/BCHYM/VIETBIO-29775-H02%2B1536352488.jpg "(Vespa ducalis - VIETBIO-29775-H02) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018)")
![(Vespa dybowskii - BIOUG25661-F09) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2016) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/EZIRA/BIOUG25661-F09%2B1466686184.jpg "(Vespa dybowskii - BIOUG25661-F09) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2016)")
![(Vespa germanica - NIBGE HYM-00529) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) Muhammad Ashfaq National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Faisalabad Pakistan](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/MAHYM/NIBGE_HYM-00529%2B1298578374.JPG "(Vespa germanica - NIBGE HYM-00529) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011)")
![(Vespa mandarinia - BIOUG26171-B05) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2018) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/EZIRA/BIOUG26171-B05_Asian_Giant_Hornet%2B1540223248.JPG "(Vespa mandarinia - BIOUG26171-B05) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2018)")
![(Vespa orientalis - BC ZSM HYM 21138) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2014) Stefan Schmidt SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/BCHYM/BC_ZSM_HYM21138%2B1402932184.jpg "(Vespa orientalis - BC ZSM HYM 21138) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2014)")
![(Vespa sexmaculata - IP_A088) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2020) Ivica Pakrac Varazdin City Museum](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/GMVMK/Vespa_sexmaculata_2%2B1595259822.JPG "(Vespa sexmaculata - IP_A088) {} [ ] by-nc-sa (2020)")
![(Vespa simillima - BIOUG27279-A06) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2016) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/GMRSW/BIOUG27279-A06%2B1461096960.jpg "(Vespa simillima - BIOUG27279-A06) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2016)")
![(Vespa soror - BIOUG56898-H02) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2022) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/GMVNA/BIOUG56898-H02%2B1651153882.jpg "(Vespa soror - BIOUG56898-H02) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2022)")
![(Vespa tropica - VIETBIO-29775-B02) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) SNSB, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns ZSM (SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen)](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/BCHYM/VIETBIO-29775-B02%2B1536352382.jpg "(Vespa tropica - VIETBIO-29775-B02) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018)")
![(Vespa velutina - X_BJCP22) @11 [ ] bync (2019) Unspecified Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/HEC/X_BJCP222%2B1576266792.jpg "(Vespa velutina - X_BJCP22) {} [ ] bync (2019)")
