287) Vespula structor (Smith, 1870)

Vespa structor Smith, 1870: 191 . Type data: Female, BMNH. Type locality: Binsar, Uttarakhand, India.

Vespa orbata var. aurulenta du Buysson, 1905 (1904): 579.

Vespa structrix Schulz, 1906: 231 .

Vespula gongshanensis Dong, 2005: 65 .

Material examined. INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: Kullu, IARI Baragran Farm, 26.v.2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Ga- was .

Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand. (Das & Gupta 1984, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Kundu et al. 2010, Dorji et al. 2017 a, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018).