Title: On the locality of formal distributions over pre-Lie and Novikov algebras

Abstract: The Dong Lemma in the theory of vertex algebras states that the locality property of formal distributions over a Lie algebra is preserved under the action of a vertex operator. A~similar statement is known for associative algebras. We study local formal distributions over pre-Lie (right-symmetric), pre-associative (dendriform), and Novikov algebras to show that the analogue of the Dong Lemma holds for Novikov algebras but does not hold for pre-Lie and pre-associative ones.