(2) Delta pyriforme pyriforme (Fabricius, 1775)

Figs 4-6, 130-131

Vespa pyriformis Fabricius, 1775: 371, "in China", type repository unknown. Type: Sex not stated.

Material examined.

CHINA: Hong Kong: 1♀, Pak Sha O, hand net, 02.x.2012, UTM: 50Q KK 242 849, 70m, ref.: 0489. A.Hy. 1, leg. C. Barthélémy [AMNH] ; 1♀, Lantau isl., Tai O, hand net, 25.xi.2008, UTM: 49Q GE 949 638, 4m, ref: 0306.S. Hy. 2 [CBC] ; 2♂, Pak Sha O, hand net, 24. ix.2012 & 25.xi.2012, UTM: 50Q KK 242 849, 70m, refs.: 0487. A.Hy. 1 & 0493. A.Hy. 1 [CBC] .

Distribution.

China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Hong Kong); Pakistan; India; Sri Lanka; Bhutan; Nepal; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam.

Remarks.

A common wasp in Hong Kong. First recorded from Hong Kong by Dover (1926) as Eumenes petiolata Latreille, 1802.