Reesa vespulae (Milliron, 1939)

Drăghici, Andreea-Cătălina, Pintilioaie, Alexandru-Mihai, Murariu, Dumitru, Manci, Cosmin-Ovidiu & Ruzzier, Enrico, 2025, New additions and further records of non-native Coleoptera in Romania, Zootaxa 5575 (3), pp. 409-428 : 412

Reesa vespulae (Milliron, 1939)

Materials examined. IaȘi County: Valea Lupului (near), 47.1739°N / 27.5112°E, 15.VII.2023, on a wall, Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci leg. (1 specimen), COMC .

Remarks. Parthenogenetic and synanthropic species native to the Nearctic region, now subcosmopolitan ( Denux & Zagatti 2010). Reesa vespulae is considered a museum pest but it can occasionally also damage seeds and dried plant material ( Stejskal & Kucerova 1996). In addition, larvae and exuviae, particularly their hastisetae, are contaminants of medical relevance in living and working environments ( Ruzzier et al. 2020b, 2021b). It was first recorded in Romania in 2003 near Bucharest ( Háva 2004).