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