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Vespa mandarinia (Asian giant hornet)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae

Taxonomy
Vespa mandarinia was named by Smith (1852). It is extant.

Subspecies
V. magnifica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Vespa mandarinia Smith p. 38 figs. Pl 8, fig 1
1995Vespa mandarinia Archer p. 48 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyVespoidea
familyVespidae()
subfamilyVespinae
genusVespa
speciesmandarinia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Vespa mandarinia Smith 1852 [Asian giant hornet]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Vespa magnifica (128552)