taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B04A327026B405B881FE5856220C93.taxon	description	Three finds from montane (750 and 1180) forested parts nearby the Sultanitsa stream. Palaearctic species distributed from the British Isles to Japan and from southern Scandinavia to the mountains in southern Europe. It inhabits forests, parks, orchards, and bushes. The species is known to be spreading at present (see CASTRO & DVOŘÁK 2009 for a recent distribution summary). The first record for the Greek fauna.	en	Dvořák, L., Ramel, G. (2009): Social wasps of Wetland Kerkini, northern Greece (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae, Polistinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1937-1948, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5280255
03B04A327026B405B881FD7851480DD4.taxon	description	Three finds from two montane stands (1150 and 1485 m a. s. l.). Palaearctic species distributed from the British Isles in the west to Japan in the East; it does not occur further south. ARCHER 1999 published the list of countries where D. saxonica occurs: Greece is on the list, but no source of the data was given (the data of this record are: northern Greece, Aspropotomas, 4700 feet, 27.7.1976, 13, K. Guichard leg., M. E. Archer 1977 det. et coll., checked 2009). The first precisely located record for the Greek fauna.	en	Dvořák, L., Ramel, G. (2009): Social wasps of Wetland Kerkini, northern Greece (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae, Polistinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1937-1948, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5280255
03B04A327026B405B881FB8557440AFB.taxon	description	The only find is from montane (1150) mixed forest. West Palaearctic species distributed in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia to Mongolia. It occurs in light forests, gardens, bushes, and forest-steppes. Northern Greece represents one of the southernmost points of the species’ distribution in Europe.	en	Dvořák, L., Ramel, G. (2009): Social wasps of Wetland Kerkini, northern Greece (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae, Polistinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1937-1948, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5280255
03B04A327026B405B881FA9054C70801.taxon	description	Different biotopes at altitudes 40 - 750 m. Palaearctic species distributed from the British Isles to Japan. It inhabits light forests (floodplain and oak forests mostly), parks, gardens, and orchards. Northern Greece represents one of the southernmost points of the species’ distribution in Europe.	en	Dvořák, L., Ramel, G. (2009): Social wasps of Wetland Kerkini, northern Greece (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae, Polistinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1937-1948, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5280255
03B04A327027B404B881FF4051480CF0.taxon	description	Very common species, mainly up to 100 m a. s. l. in different biotopes. The two highest situated localities are in dry deciduous forest at 750 m a. s. l. (Midway). Xerophilous Palaearctic species known from the British Isles to Korea, northern Africa, the Middle East and northern India. Introduced into different parts of the world. It inhabits mainly open and anthropogenic stands, but it is also plentiful in light open forest in lowlands.	en	Dvořák, L., Ramel, G. (2009): Social wasps of Wetland Kerkini, northern Greece (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae, Polistinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1937-1948, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5280255
03B04A327027B404B881FC98576A0A1B.taxon	description	The four localities are in hilly and montane damp and forested areas at 630 - 1485 m. Holarctic forest species which can also inhabit coniferous forests. The southern European mountains represent the southern borders of the species’ distribution. The only previous finds from Greece are mentioned in an unpublished dissertation by ĆETKOVIĆ 2002. The first published records from Greece.	en	Dvořák, L., Ramel, G. (2009): Social wasps of Wetland Kerkini, northern Greece (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae, Polistinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1937-1948, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5280255
03B04A327027B404B881FBF057480BF6.taxon	description	Ten localities, mainly from forested areas in hilly and montane regions up to 1485 m; two sites are at lower altitudes (60 and 190 m) but also forested. Holarctic species inhabiting a wide range of stands. The southern European mountains represent the southern borders of the species’ distribution.	en	Dvořák, L., Ramel, G. (2009): Social wasps of Wetland Kerkini, northern Greece (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae, Polistinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1937-1948, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5280255
03B04A327028B40BB881FEBE560C0C0E.taxon	description	Four lowland localities, one medium-height locality, and one montane locality. Palaearctic species known from the southern half of Europe, the Middle East, and up to India and Pakistan. It prefers xeric stands. Relatively common in Greece.	en	Dvořák, L., Ramel, G. (2009): Social wasps of Wetland Kerkini, northern Greece (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae, Polistinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1937-1948, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5280255
03B04A327028B40BB881FDCB57EB0D16.taxon	description	One find from a subalpine stand at 1600 m a. s. l. West Palaearctic species occurring in almost the whole of Europe, northern Africa, and the Middle East, to Mongolia and Pakistan. It inhabits open stands without any moisture preference. ĆETKOVIĆ 2002 has noted that the Greek data published by ZIMMERMANN 1931 and WEYRAUCH 1939 are erroneous. The first verified record from Greece.	en	Dvořák, L., Ramel, G. (2009): Social wasps of Wetland Kerkini, northern Greece (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae, Polistinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1937-1948, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5280255
03B04A327028B40BB881FCC256660AD5.taxon	description	Recorded from a wide range of stands (14 sites): open sites, forests, bog, subalpine ve- getation, and from 38 to 1600 m a. s. l. Palaearctic species inhabiting almost the whole of Europe, northern Africa, and a large part of Asia. Introduced to Australia, Patagonia, and North America. A very common species everywhere in Greece.	en	Dvořák, L., Ramel, G. (2009): Social wasps of Wetland Kerkini, northern Greece (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae, Polistinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1937-1948, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5280255
03B04A327028B40BB881FA855418082B.taxon	description	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.	en	Dvořák, L., Ramel, G. (2009): Social wasps of Wetland Kerkini, northern Greece (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae, Polistinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1937-1948, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5280255
03B04A327029B40AB881FF4054E90F8D.taxon	description	Surprisingly rare in the Kerkini wetlands. Three lowland (65, 55, and 38 metres) finds from open sites with grazed shrubs, and one montane (1485 m) find from a bog. Relatively common in Greece.	en	Dvořák, L., Ramel, G. (2009): Social wasps of Wetland Kerkini, northern Greece (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae, Polistinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1937-1948, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5280255
03B04A327029B40AB881FE4D563B0CB6.taxon	description	Two males and one female from subalpine stands at 1600 and 1485 m a. s. l. Rare social parasite with circummediterranean distribution northwards to Central Europe and eastwards to Iran. Only a few published records are known from Greece.	en	Dvořák, L., Ramel, G. (2009): Social wasps of Wetland Kerkini, northern Greece (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae, Polistinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1937-1948, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5280255
