Asian giant hornet
| Asian giant hornet | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Genus: | Vespa |
| Species: | V. mandarinia
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| Binomial name | |
| Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852
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The Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)[1] including the color form called the Japanese giant hornet,[2][3] and its name commonly said in Mainstream media in the United States, the Murder hornet, is a hornet originally found in Asia. It is the largest hornet, and so is the largest social wasp. It is very dangerous and hard to get rid of because it is a very invasive species. It was reportedly found in the western United States for sometime, but now it is gone from there.[4][5][6][7]
V. mandarinia is in the genus Vespa, which has every true hornet, including the Asian hornet and European hornet. There were originally subspecies, but it has been replaced by color forms,[8] there are 3 color forms known and are commonly classified as non-offcial subspecies, which is "japonica", "magnifica", and "nobilis".
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Giant hornet gets new name". agr.wa.gov. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ↑ Smith-Pardo, Allan H; Carpenter, James M.; Kimsey, Lynn; Hines, Heather (May 2020). "The diversity of hornets in the genus Vespa (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Vespinae), their importance and interceptions in the United States". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 4 (3). doi:10.1093/isd/ixaa006.
- ↑ Piper, Ross (2007). Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and Unusual Animals. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 9–11. ISBN 978-0-313-33922-6.
- ↑ BC Gov News: Asian Giant Hornet nest eradicated in Nanaimo.
- ↑ USDA New Pest Response Guidelines: Vespa mandarinia Asian giant hornet.
- ↑ "Hornets". Washington State Department of Agriculture.
- ↑ "WSDA News Releases". Washington State Department of Agriculture.
- ↑ Carpenter, James M. & Kojima, Jun-ichi (1997). "Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae)" (PDF). Natural History Bulletin of Ibaraki University. 1: 51–92.