Vespa mandarinia A apical portion of the right mandible, with the arrow indicating pits B left half of the labrum in ventrofrontal view C two examples of the labrum (ventral view), with the median patch circled D, E head in frontal view F labrum (left) and palate (right) in frontal view G relative positions of the temporal band, antenna (arrow), and clypeus, with a thick double-headed arrow indicating the distance between the dorsal margin of the clypeus and the ventral margin of the antenna H apical portion of the mandible, showing the configuration of the teeth. (For abbreviations, see Terminology.) Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C, F, H); 0.3 mm (D, E, G).

 
 
  Part of: Kim J, Kwon O-S, Yamane S, Choi MB (2025) Comparative morphological analysis of mature larvae of eight Vespa Linnaeus, 1758 species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in South Korea. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 98: 435-465. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.98.141572