Vespa affinis
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Vespidae
Genus: Vespa
Name
Vespa affinis (Linnaeus) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Apis affinis Linnaeus 1764[1]:417. Holotype female; “in Calidus regionibus” (UPPSALA).
- Vespa affinis Fabricius 1787[2]:287. Holotype; “in China” (COPENHAGEN). Nec Vespa affinis (Linnaeus) 1764.
- Vespa unifasciata Olivier 1792[3]:677. Type unknown; “Indes orientales”. Nec Vespa unifasciata Gmelin 1790.
- Vespa alduini Guérin-Méneville 1831[4]:pl. 9 fig. 6; 1838[5]: 264. Holotype; “l’île de Bourou, l’une des Moluques” (Indonesia) (GENOA).
- Vespa bimaculata Guérin-Méneville: 264. Unnecessary replacement name for Vespa alduini Guérin-Méneville. Nec Vespa bimaculata Geoffroy 1785[6] and Vespa bimaculata Olivier, 1792.
- Vespa nigripennis de Saussure: 1854[7]:156. Holotype; “Les Philippines” (LONDON). Nec Vespa nigripennis Degeer 1773.
- Vespa cincta var. picea du Buysson 1905 (1904)[8]:537. Lectotype female; New Guinea (GENOA).
- Vespa indosinensis Pérez 1910[9]:8. Lectotype female; Annam (PARIS).
- Vespa formosana Sonan 1927[10]:125. Syntype male, female; Taihoku (Taiwan) (TAICHUNG).
- Vespa affinis var. continentalis Bequaert 1936[11]:350. Holotype female; India: Mangalore (WASHINGTON).
- Vespa affinis var. hainanensis Bequaert 1936[11]:347. Holotype female; China: Hainan Island (CAMBRIDGE).
- Vespa affinis nigriventris van der Vecht 1957[12]:29. Holotype female; ”Palawan” (Philippines) (GAINESVILLE).
- Vespa affinis rufonigrans van der Vecht 1957[12]:29. Holotype female; ”Palu, Northwest Celebes” (Indonesia) (LIEDEN).
- Vespa affinis archboldi van der Vecht 1957[12]:32. Holotype female; ”Hollandia” (New Guinea) (LIEDEN).
- Vespa affinis moluccana van der Vecht 1957[12]:32. Holotype female, “Saparua I. Near Amboina” (Indonesia) (LIEDEN).
- Vespa affinis alticincta van der Vecht 1957[12]:33. Holotype female; New Britain (LONDON).
Distribution
There is a single report of a colony of this Asian species in North America, from San Pedro, in Los Angeles Co., California in 2010 (LSK, personal observation). It is not clear if the species has become established in California. It has also been introduced into New Zealand. Its native range is from India to the Bismarck Islands.
Biology
In Asia, Vespa affinis builds large aerial nests of up to several thousand workers (Archer 1997[13]). These wasps are predatory on other insects including honey bees near their hives.
Taxon Treatment
- Kimsey, L; Carpenter, J; 2012: The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera) Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 28: 37-65. doi
Other References
- ↑ Linnaeus C (1764) Museum Ludovicae Ubricae Reginae. Holmiae.
- ↑ Fabricius J (1787) Mantissa Insectorum. Hafniae.
- ↑ Olivier A (1791–1792) Encyclopédie Méthodique 6, Pt. 2. Paris.
- ↑ Guérin-Méneville F (1831) Insectes. In: Duperrey LJ (Ed) Voyage autour du Monde execute sur la corvette la Coquille, 1822–1825, par Zoologie, II, pt 2, Div 1. Atlas.
- ↑ Guérin-Méneville F (1838) Insectes. In: Duperrey L (Ed). Voyage autour du Monde execute sur la corvette la Coquille, 1822–1825, par Zoologie, II, pt 2, Div 1. Texte 2(2): 57-271.
- ↑ Geoffroy E (1785) Vespa. La guepe. In: de Fourcroy A (Ed). Entomologia Parisiensis 2, XXXIX. Paris: 429-442.
- ↑ Saussure H (1853–58) Monographie des Guêpes Sociales ou de la Tribu des Vespiens. Masson, Paris, and J. Cherbuliez, Genève.
- ↑ Buysson R (1905 [1904]). Monographie des guêpes ou Vespa. Annales de la Société entomologique de France 73(3): 485–556, 565–634.
- ↑ Pérez J (1910) Notes sur les vespides. Actes de la Société linnéenne de Bordeaux 64: 1-20.
- ↑ Sonan J (1927) On scientific names and observations on biology of some hymenopteran insects in Taiwan. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa 17 (89): 121-138. [in Japanese]
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Bequaert J (1936) The common Oriental hornets, Vespa tropica and Vespa affinis, and their color forms. Treubia 15: 329-351.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Vecht J (1957) The Vespinae of the Indo-Malayan and Papuan areas (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Zoologische verhandelingen 34: 1-83.
- ↑ Archer M (1997) Taxonomy, distribution and nesting biology of Vespa affinis (L.) and Vespa mocsaryana du Buysson. Entomologists Monthly Magazine 133: 27-38.
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