Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836
(Asian Hornet)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Vespa velutina (Asian Hornet)
Genus	Vespa (a genus of hymenopterans)
Subfamily	VESPINAE (wasps)
Family	VESPIDAE (potter, mason and social wasps)
Superfamily	VESPOIDEA (wasps)
Infraorder	Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Vespa velutina is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title
in the field	Anon.		Have you seen this insect? Asian Hornet
in the field	Cornwell, L., Booy, O., Marris, G. & Brown, M.		Asian Hornet Species Description
	Roberts, S., Rome, Q. & Villemant, C.	2010	Information Sheet 12: Asian Hornet (Vespa velutina)

Vespa velutina (Asian Hornet) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

VESPIDAE
(potter, mason and social wasps)

VESPOIDEA
(wasps)

Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Vespa velutina (Asian Hornet)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Vespa velutina (Asian Hornet)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Vespa velutina is also a member of:

Identification Works

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