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Taiwan Yellowjacket
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Taiwan Yellowjacket

Vespula arisana

Vespula arisana, also known as the Taiwan yellowjacket, and Taiwan hornet, is a species of wasp in the family Vespidae. It was described by Jinhaku Sonan in 1929. The species is endemic to the island of Taiwan, where its range covers the entire island. Not much is known about the species, because of its exclusivity and endemicity.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 577818.