Vespula orbata du Buysson, (1902)

Dorji, Phurpa, Nidup, Tshering, Klein, Wim, Dorji, Cheten, Daglio, Anthony & Gyeltshen, Choki, 2022, An annotated checklist of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of Bhutan with new records, Zootaxa 5150 (3), pp. 301-332 : 325-326

71. Vespula orbata du Buysson, (1902)

( Figures 6 : G, H, I)

Vespa orbata du Buysson, 1902: 140 . Type data: Lectotype female, MNHN. Type locality: Darjeeling , West Bengal, India. Vespa minuta Dover, 1925: 304 . Type data: Holotype female, BMNH. Type locality: “Tenasserim”, Myanmar .

Vespula nujiangensis Dong and Wang, 2004: 146 .

Materials examined: NBCB-00584, 15.x.18, 1 ♀, Menchuna, Wangduephodrang, Bhutan (27°30΄50.82"N & 89°46΄09.99"E, 2274 m), Leg.: Tshewang Lhendup & Phurpa Dorji; NBCB-00585, 20.viii.2016, 1 ♀, Kanglung , Trashigang, Bhutan (27°17'13.99"N & 91°31'18.01"E, 1823 m), Leg.: Phurpa Dorji & Wim Klein; NBCB-00586, 28.x.18, 1 ♀, Pasakha, Chhukha, Bhutan (26°50΄05.21"N & 89°27΄40.47"E, 324 m), Leg.: Tshering Nidup & Phurpa Dorji; NBCB-00587, 15.x.2016, 1 ♀, Kanglung , Trashigang, Bhutan (27°16'08.14"N & 91°30'05.65"E, 2097 m), Leg.: Phurpa Dorji & Tshering Nidup; NBCB-00500, 1 ♀, Trashi Yangtse, Bhutan (27°36'32.4"N & 91°29'46.3"E, 1746 m), Leg.: Phurpa Dorji & Wim Klein .

Distribution: Bhutan (New record): Wangduephodrang, Trashigang, Chhukha, Trashi Yangtse. Elsewhere: India; Nepal; Myanmar; Laos; Thailand; Vietnam; China ( Archer 1989, 2012; Carpenter & Kojima 1997; Daglio 2019; Das & Gupta 1989; Gawas et al. 2020; Ghosh et al. 2020; Kumar & Carpenter 2018; Nguyen & Kojima 2013; Nguyen, Vu, et al. 2019; Pham & Li 2015; Sora et al. 2019).

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FIGURE 6. Ropalidia hongkongensis: A—dorsal, B—lateral, C—front; Ropalidia nigrita: D—dorsal, E—lateral, F—front; Vespula orbata: G—dorsal, H—lateral, I—front.