New and noteworthy records of vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from the Palaearctic region Author Dvořák, Libor Šumava National Park Administration, Department of Science and Research, Sušická 399, CZ- 341 92 Kašperské Hory, Czech Republic; e-mail: libor. dvorak @ npsumava. cz Author Castro, Leopoldo Av. Sanz Gadea 9, E- 44002 Teruel, Spain; e-mail: discoelius @ discoelius. jazztel. es text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2007 2007-12-04 47 229 236 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5328343 0374-1036 5328343 Delta dimidiatipenne (de Saussure, 1852) Material examined. SPAIN : CANARY ISLANDS , LAS PALMAS PROVINCE , GRAN CANARIA ISLAND , Maspalomas , in the town, 31.vii.2006 , 1 ♁, L. Dvořák leg., det. & coll .; Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , 5 m a.s.l. , ii.1989 , 1 ♁, G. Aguado leg., L. Castro det. & coll . This is a wide-ranging species whose distribution area reaches from North-West Africa, Egypt , Somalia , Turkey , Yemen , and Afghanistan to Nepal and western India (VAN DER VECHT & FISCHER 1972 ). Since the last decades of the 20th century, the species is known also from the Canary Islands (the first record was published by VARDY & VARDY (1988)) , currently from the islands of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria and Tenerife. It is now widespread in the south and south-east of Gran Canaria (LAUTERBACH & LATSCH- LAUTERBACH 2007 ).