9) Delta conoideum (Gmelin, 1790)

(Figs 17 & 18)

Uespa conica Fabricius, 1787: 293, “ China ” (BMNH).

Material examined: INDIA: Goa: Sattari, Honda, 27.xi.2018, 1 ♂, coll. Sandesh M. Gawas.

Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Diu, Goa (new record), Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Global: Arabia; Bhutan; China; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam. (Girish Kumar & Mazumdar 2015, Nidup et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017).