Vespa tropica

TaxID: 7450

Basic Information

Vespa tropica

Greater Banded Hornet

Vespa tropica, the greater banded hornet, is a tropical species of hornet found in Southern Asia, New Guinea and west Africa, and which has recently been discovered to be an invasive species on the Pacific island of Guam. It is a predator of paper wasps and possesses a potent sting, which can cause extreme pain and swelling.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hymenoptera

Vespidae

Vespa

tropica

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Vespa tropica
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(c) Deepak Deshpande@BY-NC
Vespa tropica
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(c) Benoît Segerer@BY-NC
Vespa tropica
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(c) chedric@BY-NC
Vespa tropica
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(c) finger_snail@BY-NC
Vespa tropica
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(c) John Sim@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Palau Quarantine pests —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Unknown/Other

No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR9157373 venom gland - - 33663956 China:chengdu
SRR9157372 venom gland - - 34152490 China:chengdu
SRR9157371 venom gland - - 20174551 China:chengdu

DNA Barcodes (12 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
PMNHF463-15 BOLD:AAU9698 COI-5P 513 Pakistan 2012-07-17 33.6863, 73.0763
MAHYM1573-13 BOLD:AAU9698 COI-5P 658 Pakistan 2013-07-16 33.906, 73.393
MAHYM1002-12 BOLD:AAU9698 COI-5P 658 Pakistan 2012-08-29 34.508, 71.905
MAHYM031-10 BOLD:AAU9698 COI-5P 573 Pakistan 2010-07-31 33.9, 73.3833
GMBCN294-15 BOLD:AAU9698 COI-5P 591 Bangladesh 2014-07-16 22.4685, 91.7808
GBMNB60937-20 BOLD:AAU9698 COI-5P 586 India - 11.07, 76.86
GBCAB36232-24 BOLD:AAU9698 COI-5P 604 India 2020-07-07 32.6103, 75.2823
GBAH12642-15 BOLD:AAU9698 COI-5P 655 India - 23.5863, 81.173004
GBAAZ31486-24 BOLD:AAU9698 COI-5P 510 India 2022-05-05 26.1683, 91.7541
GBAAX86071-26 - COI-5P 610 Unspecified country - -
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