Vespa orientalis Linnaeus 1771
- Dataset
- Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of the Pothwar region of Punjab, Pakistan
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Vespidae
- genus
- Vespa
- species
- Vespa orientalis
discussion
Comments. Collected specimens were compared with Mahmood et al. (2012). This species can be identified on the basis of following characters: first metasomal segment with narrow yellow band at the apex dorsally; third and fourth metasomal segments completely yellow. New locality records have been provided for this species.
distribution
Distribution. This species is the most widespread in western Libya, Italy, to eastern Nepal, India and Pakistan (Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Mahmood et al. 2012).
materials_examined
Material examined. Rawalpindi, 02. vi. 12, 3 ♀, 07. vi. 12, 10 ♀ and 1 ♂, 13. ix. 12, 1 ♀, 12. ix. 12, 12 ♀, 16. ix. 12, 5 ♀, 19. xi. 12, 10 ♀, 20. xii. 12, 1 ♀; Islamabad, 19. ix. 12, 9 ♀; Attock, 19. v. 12, 2 ♀, 20. v. 12, 5 ♀, 26. v. 12, 4 ♀, 27. v. 12, 8 ♀, 30. ix. 12, 1 ♀, 29. ix. 12, 1 ♀; Jhelum, 25 - ix- 12, 9 ♀, 4 ♂; Murree, 14. viii. 12, 7 ♀, 3 ♂; Chakwal, 16. iv. 12, 5 ♀.
Name
- Homonyms
- Vespa orientalis Linnaeus 1771