Vespa ducalis var. soror du Buysson, 1905 Vespa mandarina [sic] soror van der Vecht, 1957
Vespa soror, also known as the southern giant hornet,[1] is a species of hornet present in India, Northern Thailand, Laos, Northern Vietnam, and parts of South China, including Hong Kong, Guangdong, Fujian, and Hainan Island.[2]
V. soror is one of the largest hornets, though smaller than the Asian giant hornet (V. mandarinia). The body lengths of the workers range from 26–35 mm, and those of queens range from 39–46 mm. Their nests are typically subterranean and found in forested areas.
They are aggressive predators and have been observed to attack the nests of honeybees, wasps, and smaller hornet species. They also prey on mantids, dragonflies, butterflies, grasshoppers, and small vertebrates such as geckos.[3]
^"'Northern Giant Hornet' Adopted as Common Name for Vespa mandarinia". entsoc.org. Entomological Society of America. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
^Smith-Pardo, Allan H; Carpenter, James M; Kimsey, Lynn (2020-05-01). Hines, Heather (ed.). "The Diversity of Hornets in the Genus Vespa (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Vespinae), Their Importance and Interceptions in the United States" (PDF). Insect Systematics and Diversity. 4 (3). Oxford University Press (OUP). doi:10.1093/isd/ixaa006. ISSN 2399-3421.
^Lee, John X. Q. (April 2009). "A note on Vespa soror (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Hong Kong" (PDF). Hong Kong Entomological Bulletin. 1 (1): 18–22. ISSN 2079-178X. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 24, 2018.
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