Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852

Material Examined: PAKISTAN: Federal Capital area: Islamabad, 23.vii.05, Leg. Asad, ♀; Azad Jummu and Kashmir: Pir Chinasi, 5.viii.07, Leg. Anjum, ♀; (Ex. NIM) .

Remarks: Shah (2015) reported this species from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Abbottabad and Mansehra. However, material from Islamabad and Azad Jummu and Kashmir was also examined.

Distribution: Bhutan; China; India; Japan; Korea; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Russia; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Taiwan; Vietnam (Carpenter & Kojima 1997; Shah 2015).