Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852

Dubatolov, V. V. & Zinchenko, V. K., 2024, New records of insects (Heteroptera, Coleoptera, Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera) from Kunashir Island, Far Eastern Entomologist 494, pp. 14-20 : 17-18

Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852 , ssp. japonica Radoszkowski, 1857

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MATERIAL. Russia: Kunashir Island , Veslo Peninsula, on photo, 13.X 2023, 6 ♀ (S.Yu. Stefanov) .

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: Amur Province: Nature Reserve Khinganskii (E. V.Ignatenko, pers. comm.); Jewish Province: Bastak Nature Reserve ( Dubatolov, 2011); Khabarovskii Krai: Khabarovsk vic. ( Dubatolov & Novomodnyi, 2006; Dubatolov & Dolgikh, 2009), Mukhen, Anyui National Park (new records: Bikhan, Bogbasu); Primorskii Krai; Kuril Islands ( V. m. japonica Radoszkowski, 1857): Kunashir (new record); Korea, China, Japan ( V. m. japonica Rad.), Indochina, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka ( Kurzenko, 1995; Carpenter & Kojima, 1997).

Family Pallopteridae

Figures

Fig. 5. Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852, ♀ (Hymenoptera, Vespidae), Kunashir Is., Veslo Peninsula, photo by S.Yu. Stefanov.