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Species Factsheet

Vespa velutina nigrithorax Buysson, 1905

EU Legislation: Comm. Impl. Reg. (EU) 2016/1141
LSID: urn:lsid:easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu:species:R15970
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Vespa velutina nigrithorax - © Kwong Chung Man
EASIN ID:
R15970
Status:
Alien
Environments:
Terrestrial
Union concern:
Yes
Member States concern:
No
Outermost regions concern:
Yes
Partly Native:
No
Horizon Scanning:
No
Impact:
Yes
Impact source
CABI
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Vespidae

Origins

Asia North-East

Native Range (Countries)

The Species is not partly native in Europe

Additional Information

JRC Data Catalogue

First Introduction in Europe

FR 2004 - Villemant, C., J. Haxaire & J.-C. Streito, 2006a. Premier bilan de l'invasion de Vespa velutina Lepeletier en France (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 111 (4): 535-538.

First Introduction in EU Member States

AT 2024
https://www.ages.at/en/human/disease/pathogens-from-a-to-z/asian-hornet
BE 2011
Barbier Y. & J.-L. Renneson (2018) Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836. Atlas Hymenoptera. URL: http://www.atlashymenoptera.net/pagetaxon.asp?tx_id=3877
CZ 2023
Walter, J., Görner, T., Šulda, L., Bureš, J., Myslík, Z., Milička, R., ... & Brus, J. (2024). First Czech record of the Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) [...]
DE 2014
von Orlow, M., 2014. Asiatische Hornisse hat Deutschland erreicht. Nachweis bei Karlsruhe / Imker befürchten Schäden an Bienenvölkern. URL: https://ww [...]
ES 2010
López, S., M. González & A. Goldarazena, 2011. Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): first records in Iberian Peninsula. Bulletin O [...]
FR 2004
Villemant, C., J. Haxaire & J.-C. Streito, 2006a. Premier bilan de l'invasion de Vespa velutina Lepeletier en France (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Bulletin [...]
HU 2023
Márta, T., & Vas, Z. (2023). First record of Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 from Hungary (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA-ROVART [...]
IE 2021
Dillane, E., Hayden, R., O'Hanlon, A., Butler, F., & Harrison, S. (2022).  The first recorded occurrence of the Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) in Irel [...]
IT 2012
IT- Competent authority
LU 2020
Ries, C. & M. Pfeiffenschneider (Eds.), 2024. Vespa velutina nigrithorax du Buysson, 1905. In: neobiota.lu - Invasive Alien Species in Luxembourg. Nat [...]
NL 2017
Smit J, R van de Roer, R Fontein & A de Wilde (2017) Eerste vondst van de aziatische hoornaar Vespa velutina nigrithorax in Nederland (Hymenoptera: Ve [...]
PT 2011
Grosso-Silva J.M. & M. Maia, 2012. Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae), new species for Portugal. In: Arquivos Entomolóxicos, 6 53 [...]
UK 2016
Budge G.E., J. Hodgetts, E.P. Jones, J.C. Ostojá-Starzewski, J. Hall, V. Tomkies, et al., 2017. The invasion, provenance and diversity of Vespa veluti [...]

Concerned Outermost regions

French Guiana :: Guadeloupe :: Madeira :: Martinique :: Mayotte :: Saint Martin

Risk Assessments

According to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/968
Species risk assessment 1

Common Names

Asian hornet, Yellow-legged hornet

Synonyms

Vespa crabro var. immaculata, Vespa flavitarsus, Vespa fruhstorferi

Impact on sectors

Sector Impacts Reference
Animal health Negative-HIGH Laurino, D., Lioy, S., Carisio, L., Manino, A., & Porporato, M. (2019). Vespa ve [...]
Human health Negative-HIGH Monceau, K., Bonnard, O., & Thiéry, D. (2014). Vespa velutina: a new invasive p [...]
Nature protection and restoration Negative-HIGH Monceau, K., Bonnard, O., & Thiéry, D. (2014). Vespa velutina: a new invasive p [...]

CBD Pathways

Pathway type Uncertainty level Description
Primary Not available TRANSPORT - STOWAWAY: Container / bulk
Primary LOW Uncertainty TRANSPORT - STOWAWAY: Organic packing material, in particular wood packaging
Secondary Not available TRANSPORT - STOWAWAY: Organic packing material, in particular wood packaging
Primary Not available UNAIDED: Natural dispersal across borders of invasive alien species that have been introduced through pathways 1 to 5
Secondary Not available UNAIDED: Natural dispersal across borders of invasive alien species that have been introduced through pathways 1 to 5