Picón-Rentería, Patricio. <br/><br/>
New distribution records for cryptogenic and invasive Vespidae (Hymenoptera) in the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador 
Patricio Picón-Rentería. 
 -  2024. 
 - 363-371 p. 
<br/><br/> In the Galapagos Islands, invasive wasps negatively affect the local fauna through competition with native predators. These wasps also pose a risk to humans because of their stings. Thus, it is important to constantly survey these insects. Currently there are three species of vespids known from the Galapagos: two social species are invasive, while a solitary species is cryptogenic. After structured sampling using malaise traps,<br/>hand nets, and pan traps on most of the islands of the archipelago, and a review of related collections, the distribution of Brachygastra lecheguana is expanded to Genovesa Island; precise localities and vegetation zones are recorded for Polistes<br/>versicolor; and updated information on the distribution of the cryptogenic solitary vespid Pachodynerus gaullei is provided. 
<br/><br/><br/>Inglés 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Invasive species Especies invasoras Islands islas Colonization Colonización Epiponini Polistini Pachodynerus 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>595.798