Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” (Jun 2021)

Vespa orientalis, a new alien species in Romania

  • Mihai Zachi,
  • Adrian Ruicănescu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.64.e61954
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 64, no. 1
pp. 67 – 72

Abstract

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A new alien hornet species (Vespa orientalis) has been observed in the Northern part of Bucharest, Romania, and reported through to the social networking platform for naturalists and citizen scientists, iNaturalist. All records were taken in Bucharest during 2019 and 2020.

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