On the distribution of species of the genus Vespa Linnaeus, 1758 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in the Russian Far East
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https://doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2026-18-2-487-493Keywords:
Fauna, range dynamics, Vespa, Amurskaya Oblast`, Sakhalinskaya Oblast`, Kunashir, Russia.Abstract
New data on the distribution of four species of the genus Vespa Linnaeus, 1758 in the Russian Far East are presented. The distribution of Vespa dybowskii André, 1884 and V. ducalis Smith, 1852 in the Amurskaya Oblast` is considered. Vespa analis Fabricius, 1775 and V. mandarinia Smith, 1852 are reported for the first time in the Amurskaya Oblast`. For the fauna of the Sakhalinskaya Oblast` from Kunashir Island, V. analis and V. dybowskii are first given. Material on V. mandarinia from Kunashir Island is also presented for the first time.
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