Vespa Linnaeus 1758 (wasp)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 72080
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Vespinae according to A. Perrard et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Palaeovespa, Provespa
Subtaxa: Vespa bilineata, Vespa binghami, Vespa ciliata, Vespa cordifera, Vespa crabroniformis, Vespa mandarinia, Vespa nigra, Vespa picea
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