Delta pyriforme pyriforme ( Fabricius, 1775 )

Siddiqui, Junaid Ali, Bodlah, Imran, Carpenter, James M., Naeem, Muhammad, Ahmad, Munir & Bodlah, Muhammad Adnan, 2015, Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of the Pothwar region of Punjab, Pakistan, Zootaxa 3914 (5), pp. 501-524 : 508

Delta pyriforme pyriforme ( Fabricius, 1775)

( Figs 19 a–b)

Vespa pyriformis Fabricius 1775: 371 , “in China ” (type depository unknown)

Vespa petiolata Fabricius 1781: 467 , “Malabar” (London) [junior primary homonym of Vespa petiolata DeGeer, 1778 ]. Sphex rubicunda Christ 1791: 316 , pl. 32, fig. 1 [♀], locality not stated (type depository unknown). Sphex thoracica Christ 1791: 324 , pl. 32, fig. 9 [♂], locality not stated (type depository unknown).

Material examined. Rawalpindi, 17.xii.11, 1♀.

Distribution. Bhutan, Pakistan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, China, Thailand ( Bodlah et al. 2012, Srinivasan & Kumar 2010).

Comments. Collected specimens were compared with published description of Delta p. pyriforme Fabricius given by Bodlah et al. (2012). This species is distinguished by the absence of a yellow stripe on the apical part of metasomal petiole ( Fig. 19 b). The mesoscutum is yellow anteriorly ( Fig. 19 a).

Figures

FIGURE 19. Delta pyriforme pyriforme. a. Head and mesosoma. b. Petiole.