Vespa basalis Smith, 1852

Material Examined: PAKISTAN: Punjab: Rawalpindi: Ayub Park, 15.vi.2015, Leg. M. Qasim, ♀; (Ex. NIM).

Remarks: Archer (1989) reported this species from Gilgit-Baltistan. Mahmood et al. (2012) reported it from Islamabad; Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Abbottabad, Mardan. Siddiqui et al. (2015) reported it from Islamabad; Punjab: Rawalpindi, Attock. Shah (2015) reported it from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Battagram: Alai; Abbottabad: Havelian; Mansehra: Baffa and Balakot.

Distribution: China; India; Indonesia; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam (Archer 1989; Carpenter & Kojima 1997; Nguyen 2007; Mahmood et al. 2012).