(1) Delta campaniforme campaniforme (Fabricius, 1775)

Figs 1-3

Vespa campaniformis Fabricius, 1775: 371, "Nova Hollandia", NHMUK. Type: female.

Material examined.

CHINA: Hong Kong: 1♀, Lantau Isl., Tai O, hand net, 25.xi.2008, UTM: 49Q GE 949 638, 4m, ref.: 0306. S.Hy. 1 [CBC]; 1♀, Ping Shan Chai, 140m, Malaise trap, 22.xi-20.xii. 2014, UTM: 50Q KK 106 893, 140m, ref.: M186. D.Hy. 6 [CBC] .

Distribution.

China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Nepal; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; India; Indonesia; Papua New Guinea; Australia; Philippines; adventive in U. S. A.: Hawaii.

Remarks.

A common wasp in Hong Kong. First recorded from Hong Kong by Dover (1926) as Eumenes gracilis var. esuriens Dover, 1926.