Vespula germanica

• Main Authors: Rafi, Muhammad Ather, Carpenter Muhammad Qasim, James M., Shehzad, Anjum, Zia, Ahmed, Khan, Muhammad Rafique, Mastoi, Muhammad Ishaque, Naz, Falak, Ilyas, Muhammad, Shah, Mazafar, Bhatti, Abdul Rauf
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Vespidae; Vespula; Vespula germanica; Canada; Norway; New Zealand; Argentina; Iceland
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6008557; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6008557

Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793) Material Examined: PAKISTAN: Punjab: Rawalpindi, 25.iv.06, Leg. Altaf, ♀; Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Chitral, 20.vi.08, Leg. A. Zia, 3♀; Hunza, 25.vi.06, Leg. Ishaque, ♀; Gilgit-Baltistan: Gilgit: Phander Lake, 11.vi.08, Leg. Anjum, ♀; (EX. NIM). Remarks: Chaudhry et al. (1966) reported this species from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Swat and Kalam. (Dvořák (2007) reported it from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Chitral Bamboret valley: Brun, Baluchistan: Ziarat. Mahmood et al. (2012) reported it from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Dir, Swat, Chitral, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Baluchistan: Ziarat, Kalat, Gilgit-Baltistan: Daimer, Chillas, Gulmit, Khyber, Khuramabad, Shish kot, Gulkin, Passu, Aliabad, Nagar, Denor, Sost, Misger. Shah (2015) reported it from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Abbottabad, Havelian, Ayubia; Mansehra, Balakot and Baffa. Faiz et al. (2016) reported this species from Gilgit-Baltistan: Ghizer, Skardu and Gilgit. Distribution: Austria; Armenia; Algeria; Azores; Albania; Belarus; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; China; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; England; France; Germany; Gerogia; Greece; Hungary; Iran; Ireland; Israel; India; Kazahkstan; Korea; Luxembourg; Malta; Morocco; Mongolia; Norway; Netherlands; Pakistan; Poland; Portugal; Russia; Romania; Sweden; Scotland; Slovenia; Spain; Switzerland; Syria; Taiwan; Tajikistan; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Tunisia; Ukraine; Uzbekistan and U.K.; introduced into Ascension Island; Argentina; Australia; Canada; Chile; Iceland; New Zealand; South Africa; U. S. A. (Carpenter & Kojima 1997; Dvořák 2007; Mahmood et al. 2015). Published as part of Rafi, Muhammad Ather, Carpenter Muhammad Qasim, James M., Shehzad, Anjum, Zia, Ahmed, Khan, Muhammad Rafique, Mastoi, Muhammad Ishaque, Naz, Falak, Ilyas, Muhammad, Shah, Mazafar & Bhatti, Abdul Rauf, 2017, The vespid fauna of Pakistan, pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 4362 (1) on page 24, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4362.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1076112