Vespa velutina Lepeletier
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.5.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6095227 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038A3B2F-A70A-8E17-FF24-2BDDFA9F8932 |
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Vespa velutina Lepeletier View in CoL de Saint Fargeau, 1836
( Figs 35 View FIGURE 35 a–b)
Vespa velutina View in CoL “ De Haan” Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1836: 507, ♀, [ Indonesia] “ Inde: Java” (Torino?).
Vespa auraria Smith, 1852: 46 View in CoL , pl. VIII, fig. 8, ♀, “Northern India ” (London, Oxford?).
Vespa crabro View in CoL var. immaculata Morawitz, 1889: 161 , ♀, [ China] “Kansu. Nanpin.” (St. Petersburg), nom. praeocc., nec. Vespa immaculata Gmelin, 1790 View in CoL .
Vespa fruhstorferi Stadelmann, 1894: 89 View in CoL , ♀, [ Indonesia] “in den alpinen Theilen von West-Java auf dem Gunung-Gede ... in einer Höhe von 8000 Fuss” (Berlin?).
Vespa velutina View in CoL var. ardens du Buysson, 1905: 550, ♀, ♂, [ Indonesia] “Lombok, Sapit (2000’ ...); I. Sumbawa, près Java” (Wien, Budapest, München, Paris).
Vespa auraria View in CoL var. nigrithorax du Buysson, 1905: 553, ♀, ♂, [ India] “Dardjiling” (lectotype ♀ Paris).
Vespa velutina View in CoL var. Celebensis Pérez, 1910: 12, ♀, [ Indonesia] “Bua-Kraeng (Sud-Célèbes)” (Paris).
Vespa velutina View in CoL var. Megei Pérez, 1910: 13, ♀, “Koueï-Tchéou ( Chine centrale)” (Paris).
Vespa Mongolica View in CoL var. divergens Pérez, 1910: 16 , ♀, [ Malaysia] “Perak” (lectotype Paris).
Vespa flavitarsus Sonan, 1929: 137 (key), 142, ♀, [ Taiwan] “Taiko-san (Kagi)” (coll. M. Kato).
Vespa velutina sumbana View in CoL van der Vecht, 1957: 34 (key), 40, ♀, ♂, [ Indonesia] “Kananggar, E. Sumba, 700 m ” (holotype ♀ Leiden).
Vespa velutina variana View in CoL van der Vecht, 1957: 35 (key), 37, ♀, “North Siam... Doi Hua Mot, 3000’“ (Leiden).
Vespa velutina karnyi View in CoL van der Vecht, 1957: 35 (key), 38, ♀, ♂, [ Indonesia] “Bandar Buru, Deli” (holotype ♀ Leiden). Vespa velutina timorensis View in CoL van der Vecht, 1957: 35 (key), 40, ♀, [ Indonesia] “Mollo, 1350 m, Timor” (Basel); also from another locality on Timor.
Vespa velutina floresiana View in CoL van der Vecht, 1957: 35 (key), 40, ♀, [ Indonesia] “Labuan Badjo, Fores” (Leiden). Vespa velutina pruthii van der Vecht, 1959: 228, ♀, [ India] “Kashmir, Srinagar” (Calcutta).
Material examined. Rawalpindi, 13.ix.11, 5♀, 10.ix.12, 2♀, 22.xi.12, 7♀, 2♂, 19.ix.12, 6♀, 23.v.12, 12♀, 3♂, 14.iv.12, 3♀; Islamabad, 1.iv.12, 4♀; Murree, 14.x.12, 4♀; Attock, 20.v.12, 1♂, 26.v.12, 6♀; Jhelum, 25.ix.12, 5♀; Chakwal, 16.iv.12, 7♀. 1♂.
Distribution. Pakistan, Bhutan, Vietnam, China, Indonesia, Taiwan Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar and India; introduced into France, Spain and Portugal (Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Dvořák 2007, Mahmood et al. 2012).
Comments. These specimens were compared with the published description by Mahmood et al. (2012). This species can be recognized on basis of following characters: first and second metasomal segments with apical yellow band and 4th to 6th segments are golden. New locality records have been provided for this species.
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Vespa velutina Lepeletier
Siddiqui, Junaid Ali, Bodlah, Imran, Carpenter, James M., Naeem, Muhammad, Ahmad, Munir & Bodlah, Muhammad Adnan 2015 |
Vespa velutina sumbana
Vecht 1957: 34 |
Vespa velutina variana
Vecht 1957: 35 |
Vespa flavitarsus
Sonan 1929: 137 |
Vespa velutina
Perez 1910: 12 |
Vespa velutina
Perez 1910: 13 |
Vespa
Perez 1910: 16 |
Vespa velutina
Buysson 1905: 550 |
Vespa auraria
Buysson 1905: 553 |
Vespa fruhstorferi
Stadelmann 1894: 89 |
Vespa crabro
Morawitz 1889: 161 |
Vespa auraria
Smith 1852: 46 |
Vespa velutina
Saint 1836: 507 |