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The Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)[1] including the color form called the Japanese giant hornet,[2][3] and its name commonly said in Mainstream media in the United States, the Murder hornet, is a hornet originally found in Asia. It is the largest hornet, and so is the largest social wasp. It is very dangerous and hard to get rid of because it is a very invasive species. It was reportedly found in the western United States for sometime, but now it is gone from there.[4][5][6][7]
Asian giant hornet Temporal range: Miocene-present, | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Vespidae |
Genus: | Vespa |
Species: | V. mandarinia |
Binomial name | |
Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852 | |
V. mandarinia is in the genus Vespa, which has every true hornet, including the Asian hornet and European hornet. There were originally subspecies, but it has been replaced by color forms,[8] there are 3 color forms known and are commonly classified as non-offcial subspecies, which is "japonica", "magnifica", and "nobilis".
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