19) Rhynchium brunneum (Fabricius, 1793)

(Figs 37 & 38)

Uespa brunnea Fabricius, 1793: 264, “Tranquebariae, India (HMUG)”.

Material examined: INDIA: Goa: Tiswadi, Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, 1♀, 19.v.2018, coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/ WGRC /I.R.-INV.11682 .

Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa (new record), Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Global: Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; China; Guam; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Laos; Malaysia; Marianus; Marquesas Island; Myanmar; Nepal; New Britain; Pakistan; Palau; Seychelles; Society Islands; Sri Lanka, Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam. (Pannure et al. 2016, Nidup et al. 2018).