DOI: 10.5061/dryad.k6djh9wkz
title: Data from: Establishment and rapid spread of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespinae) in Greenland

description: Here is presented the dataset for the article "Establishment and
 rapid spread of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespinae) in Greenland".
 All observations of social wasps (Vespinae) in Greenland between 2016-2024
 that could be verified by photos or videos are included in the dataset.
 The data comes from the collection at the Natural History Museum of
 Denmark, the main author's (V. Gårdman) private collection and
 observations sent to Greenland Institute of Natural Resources either by
 mail or via facebook. No information about the people who recorded their
 observations nor their pictures are given. The findings used in the
 article from iNaturalist are also not given, as they do not comply with
 CC0. These findings can instead be found on iNaturalist.
description: # Data from: Establishment and rapid spread of social wasps (Hymenoptera:
 Vespinae) in Greenland Dataset DOI:
 [10.5061/dryad.k6djh9wkz](10.5061/dryad.k6djh9wkz) ## Description of the
 data and file structure Here is presented the dataset for the article
 "Establishment and rapid spread of social wasps (Hymenoptera:
 Vespinae) in Greenland". All observations of social wasps (Vespinae)
 in Greenland between 2016-2024 that could be verified by photos or videos
 are included in the dataset, with the exception of reports from
 iNaturalist, as they do not comply with CC0. These findings can instead be
 found on iNaturalist. The data used comes from the collection at the
 Natural History Museum of Denmark (NHMD), the main author's (V.
 Gårdman) private collection, and observations sent to Greenland Institute
 of Natural Resources (GINR). No information about the people who recorded
 their observations nor their pictures are given. Date is given as DDMMYY.
 As exact dates were not always provided by the observer, the year of
 observation is instead given in a separate column. The column
 "Site" refers to the name of the town, settlement, or fjord in
 which the observation was recorded, and is supplemented by observation
 coordinates (Lat/Lon). The species observed are either Vespula rufa
 (Linnaeus, 1758) or Dolichovespula norwegica (Fabricius, 1781). Note that
 we do not separate between D. norwegica and Dolichovespula albida (Sladen,
 1918), although they may warrant separate species status. We make no
 remarks to the affinity of either possible species for our specimens, but
 treat them as D. norwegica. ### Files and variables #### File:
 WaspsofGreenland_Reports_CC0.csv **Description:**  ##### Variables *
 Site: the name of the town, settlement, or fjord in which the observation
 was recorded * Source: The source of the observation. These sources are
 the collection at the Natural History Museum of Denmark (NHMD), the main
 author's (V. Gårdman) private collection, and observations sent to
 Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR). * Species: Which species
 was observed. Either Vespula rufa (Linnaeus, 1758) or Dolichovespula
 norwegica (Fabricius, 1781). Note that we do not separate between D.
 norwegica and Dolichovespula albida (Sladen, 1918), although they may
 warrant separate species status. We make no remarks to the affinity of
 either possible species for our specimens, but treat them as D. norwegica.
 * Year: Which year the report is from * Date: Which date the report is
 from. Given as DDMMYY. * Latitude (y): Latitude of the observation *
 Longitude (x): Longitude of the observation * Comment: Additional comments
 about the observation ## Code/software The dataset is found in a .csv file
 ## Access information Other publicly accessible locations of the data: * 
 
 Data was derived from the following sources: * Natural History Museum
 Denmark * Author's personal collection * Greenland Institute of
 Natural Resources