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First European records of an alien paper wasp: Polistes ( Aphanilopterus ) major Palisot de Beauvois, 1818 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in northern Spain

dc.contributor.authorCastro, Leopoldo
dc.contributor.authorArias Rodríguez, Andrés 
dc.contributor.authorTorralba Burrial, Antonio 
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-02T09:18:16Z
dc.date.available2013-07-02T09:18:16Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationZootaxa, 3681(1), p. 89–92 (2013); doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3681.1.7
dc.identifier.issn1175-5334
dc.identifier.issn1175-5326
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10651/17722
dc.description.abstractThe cosmopolitan genus Polistes Latreille is one of the most diverse among vespids (ca . 220 species: Carpenter 2008, updated). There are 10 native Polistes spp. in Europe, all in the nominotypical subgenus (Carpenter 1996a, updated), while no European records of exotic Polistinae have been published (Rasplus et al. 2010). Here we report the occurrence of a reproductively active population of the American paper wasp Polistes major major Palisot de Beauvois in northern Spain, constituting the first record of an introduced Polistes in Europe. Also, we present a diagnosis of P. major and discuss the potential pathways for introduction into Europe and the possible impacts that it may generate at its new location.spa
dc.description.sponsorshipAA is supported by a Severo Ochoa FICYT grant; ATB by a PTA cofinanced contract of the R+D+I National Plan and PCTI Asturias.
dc.format.extentp. 89-92spa
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.rights© 2013 Magnolia Press
dc.rightsCC Reconocimiento - No comercial - Sin obras derivadas 3.0 España
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.subjectHymenopteraspa
dc.subjectAlien speciesspa
dc.subjectVespidaespa
dc.subjectIberian Peninsulaspa
dc.subjectPaper waspspa
dc.titleFirst European records of an alien paper wasp: Polistes ( Aphanilopterus ) major Palisot de Beauvois, 1818 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in northern Spaineng
dc.typejournal article
dc.identifier.doi10.11646/zootaxa.3681.1.7
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3681.1.7
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