Vespa crabro

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Vespoidea

Familia: Vespidae
Subfamilia: Vespinae
Genus: Vespa
Species: V. crabro
Subspecies (7):^[1] V. c. altaica – V. c. birulai – V. c. caspica – V. c. crabroniformis – V. c. gribodoi – V. c. meridionalis – V. c. oberthuri

Name

Variants^[2]

Vespa crabro var. crabro Linnaeus, 1758

Original combination: Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758

Original description: BHL, page 572

Synonyms:

Vespa borealis Radoszkowski, 1863
Vespa major Retzius, 1783

Distribution: Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, China

Vespa crabro var. flavofasciata Cameron, 1903

Original name: Vespa flavofasciata Cameron, 1903

Synonym: Vespa tartarea Buysson, 1904

Distribution: Japan

Vespa crabro var. germana Christ, 1791 − „European Hornet“

Original name: Vespa germana Christ, 1791

Synonym: Vespa vulgata Birula, 1925

Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Corsica, Czechia (Bohemia, Moravia), France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United States of America

Vespa crabro var. vexator Harris, 1776

Original name: Vespa vexator Harris, 1776

Synonyms:

Vespa anglica Gribodo, 1891 nec F. Smith, 1843
Vespa crabro var. gribodoi Bequaert, 1931

Distribution: United Kingdom

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. Original description: page 572

Additional references

Terayama, M. 2005. A Catalogue of Aculeate Hymenoptera of Japan.
Yoshida, H. 2002. Kiberihamushi (Himeji, Japan) 30(2): 44–45.
Vespa crabro – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

беларуская: Шэршань еўрапейскі
català: Vespa xana
čeština: sršeň obecná
Deutsch: Hornisse
English: European hornet, Old World hornet, brown hornet
español: Avispón europeo
français: Frelon européen
hrvatski: Europski stršljen
italiano: Calabrone
日本語: モンスズメバチ
Nederlands: Europese Hoornaar
norsk nynorsk: Geithams
norsk: Geithams
occitan: Cabridan europèu
polski: Szerszeń europejski
português: Vespa-europeia
svenska: Bålgeting

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- Taxonomic tree: Vespa crabro – on Catalogue of Life (CoL): 2019 Annual Checklist.
↑ J. Bequaert: The color forms of the common hornet, Vespa crabro Linnaeus. In: Konowia 10, 1931, S. 101–109.

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Taxonomic tree: Vespa crabro – on Catalogue of Life (CoL): 2019 Annual Checklist.

[2] Taxonomic tree: Vespa crabro – on Catalogue of Life (CoL): 2019 Annual Checklist.

[2] J. Bequaert: The color forms of the common hornet, Vespa crabro Linnaeus. In: Konowia 10, 1931, S. 101–109.

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