Vespa tropica haematodes Bequaert, 1936

Kumar, P. Girish, Palot, Muhamed Jafer & Charesh, C., 2020, A taxonomic note on wasps (Scoliidae, Vespidae, Ampulicidae and Sphecidae) of Madayipara, Kannur, Kerala, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (4), pp. 373-386 : 378

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/151352
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DFA069-FFAF-C017-AD12-FCFD01046727
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Vespa tropica haematodes Bequaert, 1936
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28. Vespa tropica haematodes Bequaert, 1936 View in CoL (Figure 28)

1936. Vespa tropica var. haematodes Bequaert , Treubia , 15: 336, 338,

holotype ♀, India: “Kooloo” ( MCZ) .

Material examined: ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.-INV.12262, 1♀, INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara , 5.viii.2018, C. Charesh .

Distribution: India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Vietnam ( Gawas et al., 2019).

Remarks: This species usually making large underground nests. The stinging of this species is fatal.

Family AMPULICIDAE