Vespa tropica

	Vespa tropica
	; Vespa tropica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Animals
Kingdom :	Eumetazoi
No rank :	Bilateral symmetrical
No rank :	Primary
No rank :	Molting
No rank :	Panarthropoda
Type of:	Arthropods
Subtype :	Tracheo-breathing
Overclass :	Six-legged
Grade:	Insects
Subclass :	Winged insects
Infraclass :	Winged insects
Treasure :	Fully Transformed Insects
Squadron :	Hymenopterida
Squad:	Hymenoptera
Suborder :	Belly-bellied
Superfamily :	Wasp-like
Family:	Real wasps
Subfamily :	Vespins
Gender:	Hornets
View:	Vespa tropica
International scientific name
	Vespa tropica Linnaeus , 1758
Synonyms
	Vespa cincta Fabricius, 1775; Vespa tenebrionis Christ, 1791;

Vespa tropica is a species of tropical hornet.

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Description

The colors of the head and chest of the cell are black or red (for different subspecies). The black abdomen has a wide characteristic yellow stripe on the second segment. Workers have a size of 24-26 mm, uterus up to 30.

Distribution

South Asia : from Afghanistan to New Guinea.

Subspecies

Vespa tropica anthracina Bequard, 1936
Vespa tropica cebuana Kojima & Reyes, 1984
Vespa tropica deusta Lepeletier, 1836
Vespa tropica eulemoides Buysson, 1904
Vespa tropica haematodes Bequard, 1936
Vespa tropica leefmansi Vecht, 1975
Vespa tropica trimeres Vecht, 1957
Vespa tropica trisignata Perkins, 1910
Vespa tropica unicolor Smith, 1864

Links

Greater banded Hornet
Vespa tropica
(link unavailable) Zoological-Botanical Database (Vespoidea)