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Ropalidia marginata

Basic information
Scientific name Ropalidia marginata (No picture)
Common names
Higher taxon Vespidae, Vespoidea, Hymenoptera
Natural range SE Asia, Mariana Islands.
Habitat Under Construction.
Invasion information
Range in Japan Established in Iwojima Island. Range in Japan
Origin Unknown.
Date The first record was in 1981.
Route Possibly Accidental: Hitchhiking on USA military transport.
Impact Potentially: predation on native insects.
Native organism(s) affected: Insects
Regulation in Japan No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries Under Construction.
Reference Notes
  • DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki. (in Jpn)
  • JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha. (in Jpn)
  • etc.
 Transport from/to Iwojima often go through Ogasawara Islands. Ogasawara has no native carnivorous social wasp, and therefore invasion of this species will raise large impact on native insect community.