Vespa basalis Smith, 1852

Rafi, Muhammad Ather, Carpenter Muhammad Qasim, James M., Shehzad, Anjum, Zia, Ahmed, Khan, Muhammad Rafique, Mastoi, Muhammad Ishaque, Naz, Falak, Ilyas, Muhammad, Shah, Mazafar & Bhatti, Abdul Rauf, 2017, The vespid fauna of Pakistan, Zootaxa 4362 (1), pp. 1-28 : 22

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4362.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6008540
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scientific name	Vespa basalis Smith, 1852
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Material Examined: PAKISTAN: Punjab: Rawalpindi: Ayub Park , 15.vi.2015, Leg. M. Qasim, ♀; (Ex. NIM).

Remarks: Archer (1989) reported this species from Gilgit-Baltistan. Mahmood et al. (2012) reported it from Islamabad; Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Abbottabad, Mardan. Siddiqui et al. (2015) reported it from Islamabad; Punjab: Rawalpindi, Attock. Shah (2015) reported it from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Battagram: Alai; Abbottabad: Havelian; Mansehra: Baffa and Balakot.

Distribution: China; India; Indonesia; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam ( Archer 1989; Carpenter & Kojima 1997; Nguyen 2007; Mahmood et al. 2012).