Vespa orientalis Linnaus, 1771

Rafi, Muhammad Ather, Carpenter Muhammad Qasim, James M., Shehzad, Anjum, Zia, Ahmed, Khan, Muhammad Rafique, Mastoi, Muhammad Ishaque, Naz, Falak, Ilyas, Muhammad, Shah, Mazafar & Bhatti, Abdul Rauf, 2017, The vespid fauna of Pakistan, Zootaxa 4362 (1), pp. 1-28 : 22

Vespa orientalis Linnaus, 1771

Material Examined: PAKISTAN: Federal Capital area: Islamabad : NARC, 13.viii.06, Leg. Asmat, ♀ ; Punjab: Multan: Qasim Bagh , 07.x.2015, Leg. M. Qasim, ♀ ; Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Jamrud , 22.xi.1955, Leg. Aziz, ♀ ; Chilas: Basha , 13.vi.09, Leg. A. Rafi, ♀ ; Baluchistan: Quetta , 25.vi.07, Leg. Amir Sultan, ♀ ; Azad Jummu and Kashmir: Rawalakot, 0 1, Leg. Javed , ♀ ; 10.v.04, Leg. Zahid, ♀; (Ex. NIM).

Remarks: Earlier Das & Gupta, (1984, 1989) reported this species from Punjab, Pakistan. Gusenleitner (2007) reported this species from Gilgit-Baltistan: Jaglot and Ghizar. Dvořák (2007) reported this species from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Chitral, Bamboret valley and Brun. Mahmood et al. (2012) reported it from Islamabad; Punjab: Fort Abbas, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Bannuu, Peshawar, Kohat, Charsada, Warsak, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Mardan, Gilgit-Baltistan: Chillas, Dassu, Gilgit, Nomal. Siddiqui et al. (2015) reported it from Islamabad; Punjab: Rawalpindi, Attock, Murree and Chakwal. Shah (2015) reported it from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Battagram, Alai, Abbottabad, Havelian, Mansehra, Baffa and Balakot. Faiz et al. (2016) reported this species from Gilgit-Baltistan: Ghizer and Astore.

Distribution: Afghanistan; Algeria; Albania; Bahrein; Bosnia & Herzegovina; Bulgaria; China; Croatia; Cyprus; Egypt; Ethiopia; Georgia; Greece; Italy; Iraq; Israel; Iran; India; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Lebanon; Libya; Macedonia; Malta; Montenegro; Nepal; Oman; Pakistan; Russia; Romania; Saudi Arabia; Somalia; Syria; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan; U.A.E.; Yemen; introduced into Czech Republic; Spain; Madagascar; Mexico; U.S.A. (not established) ( Das & Gupta 1984, 1989; Carpenter & Kojima 1997; Dvořák 2007).