Vespa crabro

Familia: Vespidae
Subfamilia: Vespinae
Genus: Vespa
Species:
Subspecies (7):^[1] V. c. altaica – V. c. birulai – V. c. caspica – V. c. crabroniformis – V. c. gribodoi – V. c. meridionalis – V. c. oberthuri

• Vespa crabro var. crabro Linnaeus, 1758

Original combination: Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758

Original description: BHL, page 572

Synonyms:

• Vespa borealis Radoszkowski, 1863
• Vespa major Retzius, 1783

Distribution: Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, China

• Vespa crabro var. flavofasciata Cameron, 1903

Original name: Vespa flavofasciata Cameron, 1903

• Synonym: Vespa tartarea Buysson, 1904

Distribution: Japan

• Vespa crabro var. germana Christ, 1791 − „European Hornet“

Original name: Vespa germana Christ, 1791

• Synonym: Vespa vulgata Birula, 1925

Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Corsica, Czechia (Bohemia, Moravia), France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United States of America

• Vespa crabro var. vexator Harris, 1776

Original name: Vespa vexator Harris, 1776

Synonyms:

• Vespa anglica Gribodo, 1891 nec F. Smith, 1843
• Vespa crabro var. gribodoi Bequaert, 1931

Distribution: United Kingdom

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.  Original description: page 572

• Terayama, M. 2005. A Catalogue of Aculeate Hymenoptera of Japan.
• Yoshida, H. 2002. Kiberihamushi (Himeji, Japan) 30(2): 44–45.
• Vespa crabro – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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1. ↑
   • Taxonomic tree: Vespa crabro – on Catalogue of Life (CoL): 2019 Annual Checklist.
2. ↑ J. Bequaert: The color forms of the common hornet, Vespa crabro Linnaeus. In: Konowia 10, 1931, S. 101–109.