Social wasps of Wetland Kerkini, northern Greece (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae, Polistinae) Author Dvořák, L. Author Ramel, G. text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2009 2009-12-18 41 2 1937 1948 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5280255 0253-116X 5280255 Polistes gallicus (LINNÉ 1767) L o c a l i t i e s: Lithotopos , Kerkini Lake , 25.4.- 1.5.2005 , 1♀ ; 30.5.- 5.6.2005 , 1 º ; 13.6.- 19.6.2005 , 2 ºº ; 20.6.- 26.6.2005 , 2 ºº ; 16.5.- 22.5.2005 , 2 ºº . Megalohori , Megalohori 2, yellow pan traps , 24.8.- 29.8.2008 , 13. Promohonas , Procom , 4.- 10.7.2006 , 1 º . Recorded from three lowland sites, up to 75 m a.s.l. from various, more or less xeric stands. Palaearctic species known from the southern half of Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East and central Asia to Mongolia and China . A very common xerophilous species in Greece .