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Carriage of Coliform Bacilli by the Oriental Hornet (Vespa Orientalis Fabr.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

P. A. Buxton
P. A. Buxton
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Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
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The large red Oriental Hornet (Vespa orientalis Fabr.) must be extremely familiar to all who served in Mesopotamia. The Rev. F. D. Morice, who has been good enough to identify my specimens, tells me that it can barely be distinguished from Vespa crabro L., the European hornet, except by its colour. It is widely distributed in the Mediterranean countries up to lat. 47° N. and occurs S. to Abyssinia and Madagascar, E. to India, and also as an introduced species in certain parts of S. America.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , July 1920 , pp. 68 - 71
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1920

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