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.
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Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771
Siddiqui, Junaid Ali, Bodlah, Imran, Carpenter, James M., Naeem, Muhammad, Ahmad, Munir & Bodlah, Muhammad Adnan 2015 |
Vespa orientalis arabica
Giordani 1957: 482 |
Vespa orientalis
Guiglia 1933: 168 |
Vespa Aegyptiaca Vallot, 1802 : 170
Vallot 1802: 170 |
Vespa Nilotica Vallot, 1802 : 170
Vallot 1802: 170 |
Vespa
Christ 1791: 216 |
Vespa quadripunctata Forskål, 1775 : 84
Forskal 1775: 84 |
Vespa turcica
Drury 1773: 74 |
Vespa orientalis
Linnaeus 1771: 540 |