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    Species Accepted

    Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852

    Asian Giant Hornet
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Vespa

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

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      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      United States of AmericaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      31 results
      Asian Giant Hornet English
      Avispón asiático gigante Spanish
      Aziatische reuzenhoornaar Dutch
      Giant Asian Hornet English
      Giant Mandarin Hornet English
      Kiinanherhiläinen Finnish
      Mandarin Giant Hornet English
      Mandarin Hornet English
      Murder Hornet English
      Northern Giant Hornet English

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      10 results
      Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
      Cameron, P. (1903 c) Descriptions of four species of Vespa from Japan. Entomologist, 36, 278 - 281.
      Smith, F. (1852 a) Descriptions of some Hymenoterous insects captured in India, with notes on their economy, by Ezra T. Downes, Esq. who presented them to the Honourable the East India Company. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 9 (2), 44 - 50.
      Matsumura, S. (1930) The Illustrated Thousand Insects of Japan, II (Hymenoptera). Tachie-shoin, Tokyo, 54 pp.
      Radoszkowski, O. (1857) Entomolgie speciale Insectes du Japon. V. de Motschulsky, Etudes Entomologique, 640 - 4 l.
      https://eol.org/pages/259331
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Smith, F. (1852 b) Descriptions of some new and apparently undescribed species of Hymenopterous insects from North China, collected by Robert Fortune, Esq. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 2 (2), 33 - 44. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1852. tb 02208. x
      Smith, F. (1871 a) Descriptions of some new insects collected by Dr. Anderson during the Expedition to Yunnan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1871 (1), 248 - 249.
      Sonan, J. (1929) On Vespa from Formosa. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa, 19, 136 - 149.

      Citation

      Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852 in undefined