The PEDIGREE of
Genus Vespa (True Hornets)

 "Child(ren)":       Asian Giant Hornet   ;   Black shield wasp   ;   European hornet   ;   Greater banded hornet   ;   Japanese hornet   ;   Lesser banded hornet   ;   Oriental hornet   ;   Asian predatory wasp   ;   Black-bellied hornet   ;   15 other species
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/-- Superphylum Ecdysozoa   +====> [ 77]
/-- Supraphylum Panarthropoda
/-- Phylum Arthropoda
/-- Subphylum Tetraconata
/   / or: Superclass Panhexapoda in Infraphylum Atelocerata
/-- Epiclass Hexapoda
/-- Class Insecta
/-- Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
/-- Infraclass Neoptera
/-- Superorder Endopterygota
/-- Order Hymenoptera (sawflies : wasps : ants)
/-- Suborder Apocrita (wasps : ants)
/-- Superfamily Vespoidea (ants & hornets & etc.)
/-- Epifamily Scolioidea (ants & parasitic wasps)
/-- Family Vespidae (Hornets, Paper Wasps, etc.)
/-- Subfamily Vespinae (Yellowjackets & Hornets)
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- Genus Vespa (True Hornets)
 

 
  ``Grandchild:''       Japanese Giant Hornet
 

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