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