Eumenes papillarius (Christ, 1791)

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Sphex papillaria Christ, 1791: 325, pl. 32 fig. 10, locality not mentioned (destroyed).

Eumenes bipunctis de Saussure, 1852: 33, pl. XI fig. 7, ♀, “L’Europe?” (lectotype Genève).

Eumenes bimaculatus André, 1884: 645 [♀], “Europe méridionale” (type depository unknown). Eumenes papillarius monticola Blüthgen, 1956: 2, ♂, “ Spain: Sierra Nevada, Val del Inferno” (Lausanne).

Material examined. Murree, 24.ix.12, 2♂.

Distribution. Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazahkstan, Mongolia (Gusenleitner 1972).

Comments. Specimens collected from Pakistan were compared with the published description of Eumenes papillarius Christ by Gusenleitner (1972). This species is recognized on the basis of clypeus usually with equally short downwardly directed hairs, clypeus wider and in males completely yellow, and. interantennal area of males with a bright long stripe. This species is reported for the first time from Pakistan.