BALDOCK - THE VESPIFORM WASPS OF PORTUGAL

The present paper provides a provisional list of records, both from literature and from recent collections, of 279species of Vespiform wasps from Portugal. There are remarkably few recent published records of Portuguese wasps. However, in the last 15 years there has been a considerable amount of collecting, mainly in the Algarve, which has added much to our knowledge of wasps and increased the species list by 16%. Despite this, further recording is needed, especially in the north. The list includes 38 species recorded from Portugal for the first time.