Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771

Siddiqui, Junaid Ali, Bodlah, Imran, Carpenter, James M., Naeem, Muhammad, Ahmad, Munir & Bodlah, Muhammad Adnan, 2015, Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of the Pothwar region of Punjab, Pakistan, Zootaxa 3914 (5), pp. 501-524 : 518-519

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.5.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6095223

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scientific name

Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771
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Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771 View in CoL

( Figs 34 View FIGURE 34 a–b)

Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771: 540 View in CoL , “Oriente” (holotype ♀, Linnaean Society, London).

Vespa turcica Drury, 1773: 74 View in CoL , pl. 39, fig. 1, index, [ Turkey] “Smyrna” (destroyed?).

Vespa quadripunctata Forskål, 1775: 84 View in CoL , [ Egypt] “ Kahirae ” (Kobenhavn?).

Vespa Crabro View in CoL fusca Christ, 1791: 216, [ Turkey] “Smirna” (destroyed).

Vespa Aegyptiaca Vallot, 1802: 170 View in CoL , “ Égypte ” (type depository unknown).

Vespa Nilotica Vallot, 1802: 170 View in CoL , “ Égypte ” (type depository unknown).

Vespa Jurinei View in CoL de Saussure, 1854: 133, “L’Albanie” (lectotype ♀ London).

Vespa orientalis View in CoL var. Zavattarii Guiglia & Capra, 1933: 168, ♀, “Fezzan ... Ubari [ Libya] ... Oued Tizzi ( Algeria)” (Genova).

Vespa orientalis View in CoL var. somalica Giordani Soika, 1934: 184 , ♀, “ Somalia italiana... di Carim” (lectotype Venezia).

Vespa orientalis arabica Giordani Soika, 1957: 482 View in CoL , ♀, ♂, “Western Aden Protectorate: Al Milah, 1600 ft.” (holotype ♀, London).

Material examined. Rawalpindi, 02.vi.12, 3♀, 07.vi.12, 10♀ and 1♂, 13.ix.12, 1♀, 12.ix.12, 12♀, 16.ix.12, 5♀, 19.xi.12, 10♀, 20.xii.12, 1♀; Islamabad, 19.ix.12, 9♀; Attock, 19.v.12, 2♀, 20.v.12, 5♀, 26.v.12, 4♀, 27.v.12, 8♀, 30.ix.12, 1♀, 29.ix.12, 1♀; Jhelum, 25-ix-12, 9♀, 4♂; Murree, 14.viii.12, 7♀, 3♂; Chakwal, 16.iv.12, 5♀.

Distribution. This species is the most widespread in western Libya, Italy, to eastern Nepal, India and Pakistan (Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Mahmood et al. 2012).

Comments. Collected specimens were compared with Mahmood et al. (2012). This species can be identified on the basis of following characters: first metasomal segment with narrow yellow band at the apex dorsally; third and fourth metasomal segments completely yellow. New locality records have been provided for this species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Vespa

Loc

Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771

Siddiqui, Junaid Ali, Bodlah, Imran, Carpenter, James M., Naeem, Muhammad, Ahmad, Munir & Bodlah, Muhammad Adnan 2015
2015
Loc

Vespa orientalis arabica

Giordani 1957: 482
1957
Loc

Vespa orientalis

Guiglia 1933: 168
1933
Loc

Vespa Aegyptiaca Vallot, 1802 : 170

Vallot 1802: 170
1802
Loc

Vespa Nilotica Vallot, 1802 : 170

Vallot 1802: 170
1802
Loc

Vespa

Christ 1791: 216
1791
Loc

Vespa quadripunctata Forskål, 1775 : 84

Forskal 1775: 84
1775
Loc

Vespa turcica

Drury 1773: 74
1773
Loc

Vespa orientalis

Linnaeus 1771: 540
1771
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