Establishment of Vespa bicolor in Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

The establishment of a hornet, Vespa bicolor F., in Taiwan was confirmed based on successful field collection of adults of both sexes and two subterranean colonies. Information on nesting habitat, nest measurement, and colony composition of this species are provided in this article. V. bicolor is th...

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Autores principales: Sung, I-Hsin, Lu, Sheng-Shan, Chao, Jung-Tai, Yeh, Wen-Chi, Lee, Wei-Jie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5633940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25434034
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieu093
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author Sung, I-Hsin
Lu, Sheng-Shan
Chao, Jung-Tai
Yeh, Wen-Chi
Lee, Wei-Jie
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description The establishment of a hornet, Vespa bicolor F., in Taiwan was confirmed based on successful field collection of adults of both sexes and two subterranean colonies. Information on nesting habitat, nest measurement, and colony composition of this species are provided in this article. V. bicolor is the ninth hornet species ever recorded from Taiwan. Possible pathway for the introduction of this alien species is also discussed.
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spelling pubmed-56339402018-04-05 Establishment of Vespa bicolor in Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Sung, I-Hsin Lu, Sheng-Shan Chao, Jung-Tai Yeh, Wen-Chi Lee, Wei-Jie J Insect Sci Research The establishment of a hornet, Vespa bicolor F., in Taiwan was confirmed based on successful field collection of adults of both sexes and two subterranean colonies. Information on nesting habitat, nest measurement, and colony composition of this species are provided in this article. V. bicolor is the ninth hornet species ever recorded from Taiwan. Possible pathway for the introduction of this alien species is also discussed. Oxford University Press 2014-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5633940/ /pubmed/25434034 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieu093 Text en © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Entomological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Sung, I-Hsin
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Chao, Jung-Tai
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Establishment of Vespa bicolor in Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
title Establishment of Vespa bicolor in Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
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title_fullStr Establishment of Vespa bicolor in Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
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title_short Establishment of Vespa bicolor in Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
title_sort establishment of vespa bicolor in taiwan (hymenoptera: vespidae)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5633940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25434034
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieu093
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