Vespa orientalis Linnaeus 1771
| Main Authors: | Siddiqui, Junaid Ali, Bodlah, Imran, Carpenter, James M., Naeem, Muhammad, Ahmad, Munir, Bodlah, Muhammad Adnan |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2015
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/6095223 |
Daftar Isi:
- Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771 (Figs 34 a–b) Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771: 540, “Oriente” (holotype ♀, Linnaean Society, London). Vespa turcica Drury, 1773: 74, pl. 39, fig. 1, index, [Turkey] “Smyrna” (destroyed?). Vespa quadripunctata Forskål, 1775: 84, [Egypt] “ Kahirae ” (Kobenhavn?). Vespa Crabro fusca Christ, 1791: 216, [Turkey] “Smirna” (destroyed). Vespa Aegyptiaca Vallot, 1802: 170, “ Égypte ” (type depository unknown). Vespa Nilotica Vallot, 1802: 170, “ Égypte ” (type depository unknown). Vespa Jurinei de Saussure, 1854: 133, “L’Albanie” (lectotype ♀ London). Vespa orientalis var. Zavattarii Guiglia & Capra, 1933: 168, ♀, “Fezzan... Ubari [Libya]... Oued Tizzi (Algeria)” (Genova). Vespa orientalis var. somalica Giordani Soika, 1934: 184, ♀, “ Somalia italiana... di Carim” (lectotype Venezia). Vespa orientalis arabica Giordani Soika, 1957: 482, ♀, ♂, “Western Aden Protectorate: Al Milah, 1600 ft.” (holotype ♀, London). Material examined. Rawalpindi, 02.vi. 12, 3♀, 07.vi. 12, 10♀ and 1 ♂, 13.ix. 12, 1♀, 12.ix. 12, 12♀, 16.ix. 12, 5♀, 19.xi. 12, 10♀, 20.xii. 12, 1♀; Islamabad, 19.ix. 12, 9♀; Attock, 19.v. 12, 2♀, 20.v. 12, 5♀, 26.v. 12, 4♀, 27.v. 12, 8♀, 30.ix. 12, 1♀, 29.ix. 12, 1♀; Jhelum, 25 -ix- 12, 9♀, 4 ♂; Murree, 14.viii. 12, 7♀, 3 ♂; Chakwal, 16.iv. 12, 5♀. Distribution. This species is the most widespread in western Libya, Italy, to eastern Nepal, India and Pakistan (Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Mahmood et al. 2012). Comments. Collected specimens were compared with Mahmood et al. (2012). This species can be identified on the basis of following characters: first metasomal segment with narrow yellow band at the apex dorsally; third and fourth metasomal segments completely yellow. New locality records have been provided for this species.
- Published as part of Siddiqui, Junaid Ali, Bodlah, Imran, Carpenter, James M., Naeem, Muhammad, Ahmad, Munir & Bodlah, Muhammad Adnan, 2015, Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of the Pothwar region of Punjab, Pakistan, pp. 501-524 in Zootaxa 3914 (5) on pages 518-519, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/241739