Vespula germanica Fabricius 1793

• Main Authors: Mahmood, Khalid, Ullah, Mishkat, Aziz, Abdul, Hasan, Syed Azhar, Inayatullah, Mian
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Vespidae; Vespula; Vespula germanica; Canada; Norway; New Zealand; Argentina; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6166495; https://zenodo.org/record/6166495

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, 2 Ψ, 17.ix. 1988, Kalat, 1 Ψ, 20.ix. 1988, Afzal (PMNH). Gilgit-Baltistan: Daimer, 2 Ψ, 26.vii. 1987, Abro; Gilgit, 2 Ψ, 29.vii. 1987, Bagrot, 1 Ψ, 29.vii. 1987, Hunza, 5 Ψ, 31.vii. 1987, Afzal; Chillas, 5 Ψ, 04.viii. 1987, Abro; Gulmit, 3 Ψ, 14.ix. 1987, Khyber, 6 Ψ, 16.ix. 1987, Dih, 1 Ψ, 17.ix. 1987, Burt, 1 Ψ, 18.ix. 1987, Khuramabad, 2 Ψ, 19.ix. 1987, Shish kot, 5 Ψ, 21.ix. 1987, Gulkin, 1 Ψ, 27.ix. 1987, Passu, 10 Ψ, 29.ix. 1987, Aliabad, 3 Ψ, 30.ix. 1987, Nagar, 1 ɗ, 01.x. 1987, Afzal; Denor, 2 Ψ, 17.viii. 1988, Dih, 3 Ψ, 19.viii. 1988, Sost, 1 Ψ, 20.viii. 1988, Abro; Sost, 1 Ψ, 16.viii. 1988, Fiaz; Misger (Boyber), 1 Ψ, 10.viii. 2000, Mahmood (PMNH). Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Dir, 1 Ψ, 22.vii. 1986, Fiaz; Swat, Usho 4 Ψ, 10.viii. 1987, Abro; Chitral, 1 Ψ, 05.ix. 2006, Fakhruddin (PMNH); Abbottabad, 1 Ψ, 20.viii. 2008, 1Ψ, 21.viii. 2008, Mansehra, 1 Ψ, 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). : Published as part of Mahmood, Khalid, Ullah, Mishkat, Aziz, Abdul, Hasan, Syed Azhar & Inayatullah, Mian, 2012, To the knowledge of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of Pakistan, pp. 26-50 in Zootaxa 3318 on page 32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.281144 : {"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."]}