6) Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) abdominale abdominale (Illiger, 1802)

(Figs 11 & 12)

Vespa abdominalis Illiger, 1802: 192 . Type: “ Bengalen ” (?ZMB).

Material examined: INDIA: Goa: Sattari, Honda, 16.x.2016, 1♀, coll. Sandesh M. Gawas.

Distribution. India: Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa (new record), Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Global: Pakistan; Myanmar; Sri Lanka; Vietnam. (Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017).