Vespa tropica
| Vespa tropica | |
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| Vespa tropica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Genus: | Vespa |
| Species: | V. tropica |
| Binomial name | |
| Vespa tropica Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Vespa tropica, the greater banded hornet, is a tropical species of hornet found in Southeast Asia, and commonly found in west Africa, from Afghanistan to New Guinea. It is medium in size; the worker's length is of about 25 mm. The head is dark brown/red; the abdomen is black with a large yellow stripe. Predation by V. tropica is one of the foremost causes of colony failure in P. chinensis in Japan. V. tropica may play a significant role in controlling Asian polistene populations. [1]
References
- ↑ Miyano, Shinya (1980). "Life tables of colonies and workers in a paper wasp, Polistes chinensis antennalis in central Japan". Population Ecology 22: 69–88.