Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793)

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 : 24

Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793)

Material Examined : PAKISTAN: Punjab: Rawalpindi, 25.iv.06, Leg. Altaf, ♀ ; Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Chitral, 20.vi.08, Leg. A. Zia, 3♀; Hunza, 25.vi.06, Leg. Ishaque, ♀; Gilgit-Baltistan: Gilgit: Phander Lake , 11.vi.08, Leg. Anjum, ♀; (EX. NIM).

Remarks: Chaudhry et al. (1966) reported this species from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Swat and Kalam. ( Dvořák (2007) reported it from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Chitral Bamboret valley: Brun, Baluchistan: Ziarat. Mahmood et al. (2012) reported it from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Dir, Swat, Chitral, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Baluchistan: Ziarat, Kalat, Gilgit-Baltistan: Daimer, Chillas, Gulmit, Khyber, Khuramabad, Shish kot, Gulkin, Passu, Aliabad, Nagar, Denor, Sost, Misger. Shah (2015) reported it from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Abbottabad, Havelian, Ayubia; Mansehra, Balakot and Baffa. Faiz et al. (2016) reported this species from Gilgit-Baltistan: Ghizer, Skardu and Gilgit.

Distribution: Austria; Armenia; Algeria; Azores; Albania; Belarus; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; China; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; England; France; Germany; Gerogia; Greece; Hungary; Iran; Ireland; Israel; India; Kazahkstan; Korea; Luxembourg; Malta; Morocco; Mongolia; Norway; Netherlands; Pakistan; Poland; Portugal; Russia; Romania; Sweden; Scotland; Slovenia; Spain; Switzerland; Syria; Taiwan; Tajikistan; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Tunisia; Ukraine; Uzbekistan and U.K.; introduced into Ascension Island; Argentina; Australia; Canada; Chile; Iceland; New Zealand; South Africa; U. S. A. (Carpenter & Kojima 1997; Dvořák 2007; Mahmood et al. 2015).