Vespa mocsaryana du Buysson

Figs. 10a, 10c, 36, and 37

Vespa mocsaryana du Buysson, 1905 (1904): 537. Syntype females, males; India: Malaysia: ‘Presqu’ile de Malacca: Pérak; India: Sikkim; Assam: Khasia Hills; Myanmar: Tenasserim: Thagatâ’ (BUDAPEST, VIENNA, LONDON-NHM, GENOVA) .

Distribution. India: Meghalaya, Sikkim, Assam; China: Sichuan, Anhui, Fujian, Hong Kong; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; Malaysia: Peninsular Malaysia; Indonesia: Sumatra.

Discussion. Not much is known about the biology of this species. It occurs in montane forests in southern Asia. Nests have been found in a shrub and on a ceiling (Archer 2008).