Eumenes atrophicus (Fabricius, 1798)

Dorji, Phurpa, Nidup, Tshering, Klein, Wim, Dorji, Cheten, Daglio, Anthony & Gyeltshen, Choki, 2022, An annotated checklist of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of Bhutan with new records, Zootaxa 5150 (3), pp. 301-332 : 306-307

16. Eumenes atrophicus (Fabricius, 1798)

( Figures 2 : D, E, F)

Vespa atrophica Fabricius, 1798: 264 female “ In India orientali” (UZMC).

Polistes atrophica ; Fabricius, 1804: 280.

Icaria (?) atrophica de Saussure, 1853: 42 .

Eumenes compressus de Saussure, 1855: 142 .

Eumenes atrophica Schulz, 1912: 101 .

Eumenes citreolineatus Giordani Soika, 1941: 135 .

Material examined: NBCB-00525, 22.x.2015, 1 ♀, Trashigang Pam , Trashigang, Bhutan (91°32'12.84''E & 27°18'40.68''N, 987 m), Leg.: Phurpa Dorji & Wim Klein; NBCB-00526, 12.x.2015, 1 ♀, Tsholingkhar, Tsirang, Bhutan (90°5'54.96''E & 27°0'27''N, 1159 m), Leg.: Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; NBCB-00527, 09.x.2015, 1 ♀, Dhamdangra, Chhukha, Bhutan (89°23'0.96''E & 26°52'25.68''N, 310 m), Leg.: Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein .

Distribution: Bhutan (new record): Trashigang, Tsirang, Chhukha. Elsewhere: India; China; Indonesia; Singapore; Philippines; Japan; Malaysia; Myanmar; South Korea; Thailand ( Gawas et al. 2020; Kumar, Carpenter, Castro, et al. 2017; Srinivasan & Kumar 2010).

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FIGURE 2. Eumenes assamensis: A—dorsal, B—lateral, C—front; E. atrophicus: D—dorsal, E—lateral, F—front; E. punctatus: G—dorsal, H—lateral, I—front.