Vespa basalis Smith 1852
- 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 basalis
discussion
Comments. Collected specimens were compared with Mahmood et al. (2012). This species can be differentiated by the combination of following characters: first part of metasoma yellowish and further segments black. New locality records have been provided for this species.
materials_examined
Material examined. Rawalpindi, 19. ix. 11, 1 ♂; Islamabad, 14. iv. 12, 1 ♂; Attock, 26. v. 12, 1 ♀. Distribution. Pakistan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Taiwan, Laos, Nepal (Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Mahmood et al. 2012).
Name
- Homonyms
- Vespa basalis Smith 1852