Reesa vespulae (Milliron, 1939)

Information in Alien Species in Poland database are purely scientific and not legally binding.

Status

The species is alien in whole area of its current or past occurrence in Poland

Currently present in the environment

Reproducing in the environment

Numbers or/and range trends unknown

No data available to assess invasiveness in Poland

General charactreristics

Description and biology

Males and females look alike. Omnivorous

Impact on native biodiversity and local economy

Habitats in invaded range

Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats

Occurrence

Earliest introduction/record

before 2006

Types of transport

  • Unintentional transport to Poland

Pathways of introduction

  • Transport – no further details
  • Contaminant on animals (excluding parasites and species transported by host and vector)
  • People and their luggage/equipment (in particular tourism)

Type of release into natural environment

  • Transport- Contaminant or Stowaway
  • Transport- Stowaway
  • Transport – Contaminant

Local dispersal methods

No data

References

  • Beal R. S. 1956. Synopsis of the economic species of Trogoderma occuring in the United States with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Annals Entomological Society of America 49: 559-566. Columbia
  • Bunalski M., Przewoźny M. 2009. First record of Reesa vespulae (MILLIRON, 1939) (Coleoptera, Dermestidae), an introduced species of dermestid beetle in Poland Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 78: 341-345. Bydgoszcz link
  • Háva J. 2003. World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). W Studie a Zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ 1-196.. Brandýse nad Labem a Staré Boleslavi link
  • Háva J. in Löbl I. & Smetana A. (eds.) 2007. Dermestidae Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. 4: 57, 299-320. Apollo Books
  • Mapa Bioróżnorodności [online] 2015. Krajowa Sieć Informacji o Bioróżnorodności link
  • P. R. Ackery, D. B. Pinniger and J. Chambers 1999. Enhanced Pest Capture Rates Using Pheromone-Baited Sticky Traps in Museum Stores Studies in Conservation 44: 67-71. International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works link
  • Peacock E. R. 1993. Adults and larvae of hide, larder and carped beetles and their relatives (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) and of derodontid beetles (Coleoptera: Derodontidae) Handbooks for the identification of British Insec 5: 1-144. link
  • Ruta R., Pacuk B., Jałoszyński P. 2011. Nowe stanowiska rzadko spotykanych Dermestidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) w Polsce Wiadomości Entomologiczne 30: 47-53. Poznań link

Author(s): Marcin Kadej

Life form: Insect

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dermestidae

Scientific synonyms: Megatoma vespula Spencer, 1948; Perimegatoma vespulae Milliron, 1939