New records of insects (Heteroptera, Coleoptera, Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera) from Kunashir Island Author Dubatolov, V. V. Author Zinchenko, V. K. text Far Eastern Entomologist 2024 2024-02-29 494 14 20 http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.494.2 journal article 10.25221/fee.494.2 2713-2196 10945746 D4B2892A-74E6-41EE-99E7-C81B368611D4 Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758 MATERIAL. Russia : Kunashir Island , Andreevskii kordon, 1-22.X 2022 , 6 ♂ , 11 workers . DISTRIBUTION. Originally transpalearctic species, but introduced into North America: Canada , USA (Carpernter, Kojima, 1997) and recently extended to Guatemala (European hornet, 2023). In the Pacific Islands it was known formerly from Sakhalin and Japan . NOTES . The species was collected mainly by bait traps together with similar and more rare Vespa simillima Smith, 1868 .