Ancistrocerus gazella (Panzer, 1798)

Dvořák, Libor & Castro, Leopoldo, 2007, New and noteworthy records of vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from the Palaearctic region, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47, pp. 229-236 : 230

Ancistrocerus gazella (Panzer, 1798)

Material examined. SPAIN: CANARY ISLANDS, LAS PALMAS PROVINCE, GRAN CANARIA ISLAND, Santa Lucía, in the village, 21.viii.2006, 1 ♀, L. Dvořák leg. & coll., J. Gusenleitner det.

Common species known from Madeira, North-West Africa, the British Isles, most of continental Europe and the Mediterranean islands, and from Israel and Turkey to Afghanistan and Iran ( GUSENLEITNER 1972, 1995). The species seems to have arrived in the Canary Islands in the first half of the 20th century, probably as a result of accidental introduction ( GIORDANI SOIKA 1974), which is certainly the reason for its presence in New Zealand and parts of North America ( HARRIS 2004, BUCK et al. 2006). In the Canary Islands it has been recorded so far only from the islands of Tenerife and La Palma ( BÁEZ et al. 2004). First record from Gran Canaria.