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 Ancistrocerus gazella (Panzer, 1798) Material examined. SPAIN : CANARY ISLANDS , LAS PALMAS PROVINCE , GRAN CANARIA ISLAND , Santa Lucía, in the village, 21.viii.2006 , 1 ♀ , L. Dvořák leg. & coll., J. Gusenleitner det. Common species known from Madeira, North-West Africa, the British Isles, most of continental Europe and the Mediterranean islands, and from Israel and Turkey to Afghanistan and Iran ( GUSENLEITNER 1972 , 1995 ). The species seems to have arrived in the Canary Islands in the first half of the 20th century, probably as a result of accidental introduction ( GIORDANI SOIKA 1974 ), which is certainly the reason for its presence in New Zealand and parts of North America ( HARRIS 2004 , BUCK et al. 2006 ). In the Canary Islands it has been recorded so far only from the islands of Tenerife and La Palma ( BÁEZ et al. 2004 ). First record from Gran Canaria.