Vespidae: Wasps of Hawai'i II

Vespidae, is a large family of wasps, encompassing nearly 5000 cosmopolitan species.  This family is very diverse and has a range extending across most of the world, in a variety of terrestrial habitats.  Vespidae includes most eusocial wasps, in which a colony has caste differences.  In these colonies the queen mates with reproductive males, while the soldiers and workers create comfortable living situations for the offspring.  Solitary wasps also exist within Vespidae.  An endemic and very common genus of wasp in Hawai'i is Odynerus. Odynerus wasps, along with many other endemic species, play an important role in pollination of plants and keeping herbaceous species in check.    However, they are unders constant threat due to competition with non-native wasps, predation, and loss of habitat.  Therefore, it is very important that specimens from the UH Insect Museum be transcribed!  The locality information can give us valuable insight into how distribution and abundance has changed over the years. This expedition of 424 tasks is fully transcribed and validated.

胡蜂科（Vespidae）是一个庞大的蜂类科群，涵盖全球近5000个广布物种。该科类群多样性极高，分布范围覆盖全球绝大多数区域，栖息于各类陆地生境中。胡蜂科包含绝大多数真社会性蜂类，这类蜂群存在明确的品级分化：蜂王与生殖雄蜂交配，兵蜂与工蜂则会为后代营造适宜的生存环境。此外，胡蜂科中也存在独居性蜂类。Odynerus属是夏威夷地区特有且极为常见的蜂类类群，该属蜂类与诸多其他特有物种一道，在植物授粉以及调控草本植物种群规模方面发挥着重要作用。然而，它们正持续面临多重威胁：外来蜂类的竞争、捕食压力以及栖息地丧失。因此，对夏威夷大学昆虫博物馆（UH Insect Museum）馆藏标本进行转录整理工作至关重要。这些标本的采集地点信息，能够为我们揭示该类群的分布与种群数量随时间的变化情况提供宝贵视角。这项包含424项任务的标本转录项目已完成全部转录与验证工作。