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Oriental Hornet
Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Hymenoptera - bees, ants and wasps »  family Vespidae - wasps »  genus Vespa - Hornets

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Vespa orientalis - Oriental Hornet

Vespa orientalis - Oriental Hornet

Vespa orientalis - Oriental Hornet

Vespa orientalis - Oriental Hornet

Vespa orientalis - Oriental Hornet

Author: Petr Vobořil

Vespa orientalis - Oriental Hornet

Vespa orientalis - Oriental Hornet

Vespa orientalis - Oriental Hornet

Vespa orientalis - Oriental Hornet

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Taxon in country check-lists*

Europe: Crete, Czechia?, Greece, Asia: Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Turkey

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Intertaxon relationships

predator: Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758 - European Bee-eater

prey: Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 - Honey Bee

mimic: Rhynchium oculatum hebraeum Giordani Soika, 1952

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Included taxa

Number of records: 4

subspecies Vespa orientalis arabica Giordani Soika, 1957
subspecies Vespa orientalis orientalis Linnaeus, 1771
subspecies Vespa orientalis somalica Giordani Soika, 1934
subspecies Vespa orientalis zavatarii Guiglia & Cap., 1933

Links and literature

CZ Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody (ISOP) 2023.4 [71270]

Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody (ISOP) [http://portal.nature.cz] [as Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771]
Data retrieved on: 25 April 2023
EN Wikipedia Articles [Vespa_orientalis]

Wikipedia Articles [https://en.wikipedia.org]
EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012
Dvořák L., Straka J. (2007): Vespoidea: Vespidae (vosovití), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae [as Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771]
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