Vespa orientalis Linnaeus 1771
- Dataset
- To the knowledge of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of Pakistan
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Vespidae
- genus
- Vespa
- species
- Vespa orientalis
description
Female: Body length 20 – 26 mm (n = 36), fore wing length 18 – 20 mm (n = 36). Male: Body length 22 mm (n = 1), fore wing length 19.5 (n = 1).
distribution
Distribution. This species is widespread from southern Italy and Libya in the west to India and Nepal in the east, including Pakistan (Gusenleitner 2010).
materials_examined
Material examined. PAKISTAN: Gilgit-Baltistan: Chillas, 1 Ψ, 04. viii. 1987, Dassu, 1 Ψ, 14. viii. 1988, Gilgit, 1 Ψ, 16. viii. 1988, Abro; Nomal, 3 Ψ, 24. ix. 1987, Afzal (PMNH). Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Bannuu, 2 Ψ, 09. ix. 1988, Afzal; Peshawar, 3 Ψ, 23. x. 2007, Khalid; Peshawar, 1 ɗ & 1 Ψ, 23 – 27. x. 2007, Malaise trap; Kohat, 1 Ψ, 24. x. 2007, Mishkat Ullah; Charsada, Ser Deryab, 1 Ψ, 25. x. 2007, Fida; Peshawar, Warsak, 4 Ψ, 26. x. 2007, Fida (PMNH). Abbottabad, 6 Ψ, 20. viii. 2008, 3 Ψ, 21. viii. 2008, Mansehra, 1 Ψ, 22. viii. 2008, Mardan, 2 Ψ, 25. viii. 2008, Peshawar, 3 Ψ, 28. viii. 2008, Peshawar, 1 Ψ, 29. viii. 2008, Aziz (AUPKP). Punjab: Islamabad, 1 Ψ, 21. iv. 2008, Fida; Fort Abbas, 1 Ψ, 13. iv. 2009, Mishkat Ullah (PMNH).
Name
- Homonyms
- Vespa orientalis Linnaeus 1771