New and noteworthy records of vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from the Palaearctic region
Dvořák Libor, Castro Leopoldo
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 229-236, 2007
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Abstract: Records of 15 Palaearctic species of Vespidae are given. The following taxa are
newly recorded: Polistes rubellus Gusenleitner, 2006, from Nepal, Dolichovespula
adulterina (du Buysson, 1905) and Katamenes tauricus (de Saussure, 1855) from
the Tuva Republic (eastern Siberia, Russia), Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
from Ciudad Real province (Spain), Ancistrocerus gazella (Panzer, 1798) from
Gran Canaria (Spain, Canary Islands), Hemipterochilus bicoloricornis (Giordani
Soika, 1952) from Turkey (Asian part), Microdynerus latro Blüthgen, 1955, from
Syria, and Leptochilus membranaceus (Morawitz, 1867) and Pseudepipona tricolor
Gusenleitner, 1976, both from Kazakhstan. Worldwide distribution of each taxon
is also summarized.
Key words: Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae, Polistinae, Vespinae, first records, distribution, Palaearctic region