284) Vespula koreensis (Radoszkowski, 1887)

Vespa koreensis Radoszkowski, 1887: 432 . Type data: Lectotype female, BMNH. Type locality: “Koree”. Vespa germanica var. stizoides du Buysson, 1905 (1904): 494 (key), 615. Pseudovespa birulai Gussakovskii, 1932: 52 . Vespula koreensis salebrosa Archer, 1982: 261, 267. Vespula hainanensis Lee, 1986b: 201, 202, 206. Distribution. India: Meghalaya, Sikkim. Elsewhere: China; Korea; Laos; Myanmar Russia; Thailand; Vietnam.

(Das & Gupta 1984, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Choi

& Kwon 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018).