Vespa mandariniaI am holding the world's LARGEST hornet in my hand.
Русский: Азиатский огромный шершень на руке у человека.23 July 2007From Wikimedia Commons
Figures 17–21.Male of Symmorphus (Symmorphus) nigriclypeus Li & Chen, sp. n. 17 general habitus 18 clypeus 19 antennal apex in lateral view 20 mesosoma in dorsal view 21 T1.
Rainer Neumeyer, Hannes Baur, Gaston-Denis Guex, Christophe Praz
Zookeys
Figure 9.Different aspects of a female (individual RN0138) of Polistes helveticus sp. n.: a frontal view of head b lateral view of lower face with malar space and mandible c mesopleural region of mesosoma d lateral view of body e dorsal view of body. The red arrow in picture (c) is pointing to the rather reduced epicnemial carina, and the white arrow to the quite distinct mesopleural signum (sensu Carpenter 1996a), a structure also called a sternopleural groove (Richards 1973).