Vespula germanica Fabricius 1793
Description
Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793)
Figs 6 (a–d)
Female: Body length 8–13 mm (n = 25), fore wing length 9–13 mm (n = 25). Male: Body length 13 mm (n = 1), fore wing length 14 mm (n = 1).
Material examined. PAKISTAN: Balochistan: Ziarat, 2Ψ, 17.ix.1988, Kalat, 1Ψ, 20.ix.1988, Afzal (PMNH). Gilgit-Baltistan: Daimer, 2Ψ, 26.vii.1987, Abro; Gilgit, 2Ψ, 29.vii.1987, Bagrot, 1Ψ, 29.vii.1987, Hunza, 5Ψ, 31.vii.1987, Afzal; Chillas, 5Ψ, 04.viii.1987, Abro; Gulmit, 3Ψ, 14.ix.1987, Khyber, 6Ψ, 16.ix.1987, Dih, 1Ψ, 17.ix.1987, Burt, 1Ψ, 18.ix.1987, Khuramabad, 2Ψ, 19.ix.1987, Shish kot, 5Ψ, 21.ix.1987, Gulkin, 1Ψ, 27.ix.1987, Passu, 10Ψ, 29.ix.1987, Aliabad, 3Ψ, 30.ix.1987, Nagar, 1ɗ, 01.x.1987, Afzal; Denor, 2Ψ, 17.viii.1988, Dih, 3Ψ, 19.viii.1988, Sost, 1Ψ, 20.viii.1988, Abro; Sost, 1Ψ, 16.viii.1988, Fiaz; Misger (Boyber), 1Ψ, 10.viii.2000, Mahmood (PMNH). Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Dir, 1Ψ, 22.vii.1986, Fiaz; Swat, Usho 4Ψ, 10.viii.1987, Abro; Chitral, 1Ψ, 05.ix.2006, Fakhruddin (PMNH); Abbottabad, 1Ψ, 20.viii.2008, 1Ψ, 21.viii.2008, Mansehra, 1Ψ, 22.viii.2008, Aziz (AUPKP).
Distribution. Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Ascension Island, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Gerogia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Kazahkstan, Korea, Luxembourg, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, across Russia to Primorskii Krai, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, USA, Ukraine, Uzbekistan (Carpenter & Kojima 1997; Dvořák 2007).
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- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.281150 (DOI)
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.281144 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Vespidae
- Genus
- Vespula
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Fabricius
- Species
- germanica
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Vespula germanica Fabricius, 1793 sec. Mahmood, Ullah, Aziz, Hasan & Inayatullah, 2012
References
- Fabricius, J. C. (1793) Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species adjectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. T. 2. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae [= Copenhagen], viii + 519 pp.
- Carpenter, J. M. & Kojima, J. (1997) Checklist of the species in the subfamily Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Natural History Bulliten of Ibaraki University, 1, 51 - 92.
- Dvorak, L. (2007) The social wasp fauna of Pakistan (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Linzer biologische Beitrage, 39 (1), 51 - 55.