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 Dolichovespula norwegica (Fabricius, 1781) Material examined. BULGARIA : BLAGOEVGRAD PROVINCE , Pirin mountains , Kozia dolina valley, 2000 m a.s.l. , 30.v.1999 , 1 ♀ , J. Straka leg., L. Dvořák det. & coll .; Banderica , vi.1938 , 1 ♀ , Hlisnikowski leg., L. Dvořák det., coll. NMPC . Boreomontane species found in the British Isles, Sardinia, a large part of continental Europe (from Scandinavia and northern Russia to Spain [Cantabrians and Pyrenees], northern Italy , Bulgaria and southern Russia ), northern Turkey , central Asia (from eastern Kazakhstan to Mongolia and the Chinese territory of Xinjiang ), most of Siberia, north-eastern China , Sakhalin, Alaska, Canada , and the extreme north-eastern United States ( Maine ) ( CARPENTER & KOJIMA 1997 ; DUBATOLOV 1998 , 2005 ; GIORDANI SOIKA & BORSATO 1995 ; MADERO MONTERO 1988 ; OCHARAN et al. 2003 ; YILDIRIM & ÖZBEK 1992 ). The new localities lie at the southern boundary of its continental distribution in Europe ( ATANASSOV 1942 ).