Vespa basalis Smith, 1852

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Vespa basalis Smith, 1852: 46, ♀, “Nepaul” (London).

Vespa obliterata Smith, 1852: 47, ♀, “Northern India ” (London).

Material examined. Rawalpindi, 19.ix.11, 1♂; Islamabad, 14.iv.12, 1♂; Attock, 26.v.12, 1♀. Distribution. Pakistan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Taiwan, Laos, Nepal (Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Mahmood et al. 2012).

Comments. Collected specimens were compared with Mahmood et al. (2012). This species can be differentiated by the combination of following characters: first part of metasoma yellowish and further segments black. New locality records have been provided for this species.