Vespa basalis Smith, 1852

Mahmood, Khalid, Ullah, Mishkat, Aziz, Abdul, Hasan, Syed Azhar & Inayatullah, Mian, 2012, To the knowledge of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of Pakistan, Zootaxa 3318, pp. 26-50 : 28

Vespa basalis Smith, 1852

Figs 1 (a–d)

Female: Body length 14–22 mm (n = 50), fore wing length 15.5–21.5 mm (n = 50).

Material examined. PAKISTAN: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Abbottabad, 2Ψ, 20.viii.2008, Mardan, 1Ψ, 25.viii.2008, Aziz ( AUPKP). Punjab: Islamabad, 1Ψ, 21.ix.1981, 1Ψ, 06.x.1981, 1Ψ, 23.v.1982, 1Ψ, 21.xi.1982, 1Ψ, 22.xi.1982, 1Ψ, 07.x.1987, Abro; 4Ψ, 23.x.1989, 3Ψ, 24.x.1989, 5Ψ, 29.x.1989, 3Ψ, 02.xi.1989, 6Ψ, 07.xi.1989, 1Ψ, 08.xi.1989, 4Ψ, 18.xi.1989, 3Ψ, 27.xi.1989, 1Ψ, 21.iv.1990, 1Ψ, 27.x.2007, 1Ψ, 15.v.2008, Fida; 6Ψ, 24.x.1989, 3Ψ, 29.x.1989, 8Ψ, 31.x.1989, 3Ψ, 02.xi.1989, 5Ψ, 07.xi.1989, 7Ψ, 27.xi.1989, Riaz ( PMNH).

Distribution. China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam ( Carpenter & Kojima 1997).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Vespa basalis. a, habitus; b, head, frontal view; c, head and mesosoma, dorsal view; d, metasoma, dorsal view.