31) Vespa tropica haematodes Bequaert, 1936

(Figs 61 & 62)

Uespa tropica var. haematodes Bequaert, 1936: 336, 338. Holotype ♀, India: “Kooloo” (MCZ).

Material examined: INDIA: Goa: Sattari, Honda, 12.i.2017, 2♀, coll. Sandesh M. Gawas.

Distribution. India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa (new record), Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Global: Bhutan; China; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Vietnam. (Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015).