Vespa velutina(VESPVE)
Distribution details in Spain
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2016: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2010
First recorded in: 2010
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/075) : first found in August 2010 in the locality of Amaiur, province of Navarra (northern Spain), and then in several other localities in the 3 provinces of País Vasco. Some reports have also been made in Girona (Cataluña) although it seems that V. velutina is not established in this area.
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/028) : also found in Cantabria, Asturias, La Rioja, Illas Baleares (Mallorca), Castilla y León and Galicia.
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/028) : also found in Cantabria, Asturias, La Rioja, Illas Baleares (Mallorca), Castilla y León and Galicia.
* Castro L, Pagola-Carte S (2010) Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), recolectada en la Península Ibérica. Heteropterus Revista de Entomología, 10: 193-196.
------- First record.
* Goldarazena A, de Heredia IP, Romon P, Iturrodobeitia JC, Gonzalez M, Lopez S (2015) Spread of the yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax du Buysson (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) across Northern Spain. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 45(1), 133-138.
* INTERNET
Govern de les Illes Balears. La vespa asiatica. Vespa velutina. http://www.caib.es/govern/rest/arxiu/2488796
Xunta de Galicia. Protocolo de vixilancia e control fronte à avespa asiatica (Vespa velutina) 2016. http://mediorural.xunta.gal/fileadmin/arquivos/gandaria/apicultura/Protocolo_vixilancia_e_control_vespa_velutina_Galicia_Rev_2016.pdf
* López S, González M, Goldarazena A (2011) Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): first records in Iberian Peninsula. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 41(3), 439-441.
* Pujade-Villar J, Torrell A, Rojo M (2012-2013) [Confirmed the presence of a wasp native to Asia very dangerous for beehives in Catalonia]. Butlleti de la Institucio Catalana d'Historia Natural 77, 173-176 (in Catalan).
------- First record.
* Goldarazena A, de Heredia IP, Romon P, Iturrodobeitia JC, Gonzalez M, Lopez S (2015) Spread of the yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax du Buysson (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) across Northern Spain. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 45(1), 133-138.
* INTERNET
Govern de les Illes Balears. La vespa asiatica. Vespa velutina. http://www.caib.es/govern/rest/arxiu/2488796
Xunta de Galicia. Protocolo de vixilancia e control fronte à avespa asiatica (Vespa velutina) 2016. http://mediorural.xunta.gal/fileadmin/arquivos/gandaria/apicultura/Protocolo_vixilancia_e_control_vespa_velutina_Galicia_Rev_2016.pdf
* López S, González M, Goldarazena A (2011) Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): first records in Iberian Peninsula. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 41(3), 439-441.
* Pujade-Villar J, Torrell A, Rojo M (2012-2013) [Confirmed the presence of a wasp native to Asia very dangerous for beehives in Catalonia]. Butlleti de la Institucio Catalana d'Historia Natural 77, 173-176 (in Catalan).
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | Present, restricted distribution | ||
| Portugal | Present, no details |