Vespa mandarinia
Summary
| Type |
organism
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|---|---|
| Genus |
Vespa
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| Species |
mandarinia
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| Common Name |
Asian giant hornet
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| Genome Browser | |
| Description |
Regardless of sex, the hornet's head is a light shade of orange and its antennae are brown with a yellow-orange base. Its eyes and ocelli are dark brown to black. V. mandarinia is distinguished from other hornets by its pronounced clypeus and large genae. Its orange mandible contains a black tooth that it uses for digging. The thorax is dark brown, with two grey wings varying in span from 35 to 76 mm (1+3⁄8 to 3 in). Its fore legs are brighter than the mid and hind legs. The base of the fore legs is darker than the rest. The abdomen alternates between bands of dark brown or black, and a yellow-orange hue (consistent with its head color). The sixth segment is yellow. Its stinger is typically 6 mm (1⁄4 in) long and delivers a potent venom that in cases of multiple hornets stinging simultaneously can kill a human. |
| Publication |
Niu XY, Shi YC, Mo HF, Yang P. Chromosome-level genome assembly of the wasp Vespa mandarinia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Scientific data. 2025 Aug 11; 12(1):1404.
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| Organism Image | |
| Image Credit |
5598643-WEB.jpg by Hanna Royals, Museum Collections: Hymenoptera, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License. |
Assembly Stats
| Contig N50 |
9.2 Mb |
|---|---|
| GC Content |
32.5% |
| Scaffold N50 |
9.2 Mb |
Other Information
| Community Contact |
Anna Childers, USDA |
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| Links |
Analyses
| Name | Program | Status Sort descending |
|---|---|---|
| NCBI Vespa mandarinia Annotation Release GCF_050613455.1-RS_2026_07 | NCBI Eukaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline | Current |
| Vespa mandarinia genome assembly ASM5061345v1 (GCF_050613455.1) | NextDenovo | Current |
| Functional annotation of NCBI Vespa mandarinia Annotation Release GCF_050613455.1-RS_2026_07 | AgBase functional annotation pipeline | Current |
| NCBI Vespa mandarinia Annotation Release 100 | NCBI Eukaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline | Supressed |
| Functional annotation of NCBI Vespa mandarinia Annotation Release 100 | AgBase functional annotation pipeline | Supressed |
| Vespa mandarinia genome assembly V.mandarinia_Nanaimo_p1.0 (GCF_014083535.2) | IPA | Supressed |