Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771

Mahmood, Khalid, Ullah, Mishkat, Aziz, Abdul, Hasan, Syed Azhar & Inayatullah, Mian, 2012, To the knowledge of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of Pakistan, Zootaxa 3318, pp. 26-50 : 29

Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771

Figs 2 (a–d)

Female: Body length 20–26 mm (n = 36), fore wing length 18–20 mm (n = 36). Male: Body length 22 mm (n = 1), fore wing length 19.5 (n = 1).

Material examined. PAKISTAN: Gilgit-Baltistan: Chillas, 1 Ψ, 04.viii. 1987, Dassu, 1 Ψ, 14.viii. 1988, Gilgit, 1 Ψ, 16.viii. 1988, Abro; Nomal, 3 Ψ, 24.ix. 1987, Afzal ( PMNH). Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Bannuu, 2 Ψ, 09.ix. 1988, Afzal; Peshawar, 3 Ψ, 23.x. 2007, Khalid; Peshawar, 1 ɗ & 1 Ψ, 23–27.x. 2007, Malaise trap; Kohat, 1 Ψ, 24.x. 2007, Mishkat Ullah; Charsada, Ser Deryab, 1 Ψ, 25.x. 2007, Fida; Peshawar, Warsak, 4 Ψ, 26.x. 2007, Fida ( PMNH). Abbottabad, 6 Ψ, 20.viii. 2008, 3Ψ, 21.viii. 2008, Mansehra, 1 Ψ, 22.viii. 2008, Mardan, 2 Ψ, 25.viii. 2008, Peshawar, 3 Ψ, 28.viii. 2008, Peshawar, 1 Ψ, 29.viii. 2008, Aziz ( AUPKP). Punjab: Islamabad, 1 Ψ, 21.iv. 2008, Fida; Fort Abbas, 1 Ψ, 13.iv. 2009, Mishkat Ullah ( PMNH).

Distribution. This species is widespread from southern Italy and Libya in the west to India and Nepal in the east, including Pakistan ( Gusenleitner 2010).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Vespa orientalis. a, habitus; b, head, frontal view; c, head and mesosoma, dorsal view; d, metasoma, dorsal view.