The vespid fauna of Pakistan

Abstract

This study provides the first annotated check list of the Vespidae of Pakistan. It is based on the National Insect Museum collection and various studies in Pakistan. Among 105 identified taxa, 77 species and 28 subspecies are recorded in the four subfamilies Eumeninae, Masarinae, Polistinae and Vespinae. Three new records for the fauna of Pakistan are added, namely Anterhynchium mellyi, Antepipona ovalis and Eumenes coronatus coronatus. Among the total, 12 species/subspecies are endemic to Pakistan, namely Ancistrocerus pakistanus, Antepipona luteipes, Antodynerus flavescens karachiensis, Celonites nursei, Cyrtolabulus karachiensis, Eustenancistrocerus (Parastenancistrocerus) baluchistanensis, Katamenes dimidiatus watsoni, Knemodynerus lahorensis, Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) hina, Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) mirificus, Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) umerolatus and Tachyancistrocerus pakistanus. Antepipona varentzowi (Morawitz, 1896) and Polistes rothneyi quatei van der Vecht, 1968 were incorrectly reported from Pakistan.

New records and distribution update of Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii Cameron, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)

“…Further research is needed to understand how this difference is real or it results from lack of samples. Although many papers cite the species occurring in China [Das, Gupta, 1989;Carpenter, 1996;Rafi et al, 2017] no exact localities are reported in literature. Also Tan et al [2014] in their work about the subgenus Gyrostoma Kirby, 1828 in China wrote "No specimens from China were available" and mentioned P. watti among Chinese wasp fauna because recorded from China by Gupta [1984, 1989] and Carpenter [1996].…”

“…Most of the data come from Pakistan and India. In the first country, P. wattii is recorded in all provinces exept Balochistan [Das, Gupta, 1984, 1989Gusenleitner, 2007;Mahmood et al, 2012;Siddiqui et al, 2015;Faiz et al, 2016;Habib et al, 2017;Rafi et al, 2017;A.K. Khan et al, 2017;K.…”

Species richness and diversity of Vespidae (Insecta:Hymenoptera) of Swat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

“…This study was the first attempt to find out the diversity of Vespidae in the area. Various faunistic works on the Vespidae of Pakistan are available 21 but the present study explores the diversity among species of Vespidae with application of various diversity indices. A total of 24 species were identified from a sample size of 2397 individuals.…”

Insect Pollinator Fauna of Apricot from Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

“…Genus vespula thomson, 1869: Vespula flaviceps (Smith, 1870): Material examined: Ghizer: Gahkuch, 1♀, 25-iii-11, leg. Hina; Remarks: Earlier reported this species from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Nathia Gali, Swat, Batgram; Punjab: Murree (Dvořák, 2007;Mahmood et al, 2012;Rafi et al, 2017); Distribution: China; Nepal; Pakistan; Korea; Laos; India; Japan; Myanmar; Taiwan; Russia; Thailand (Carpenter and Kojima, 1997;Dvořák, 2007;Mahmood et al, 2012).…”

“…Hina; Remarks: Osmia cornifrons has been reported by Hussain et al (2010) from Skardu; Distribution: Europe, Southwestern Asia, North America (Michener, 2007). (Dvořák, 2007;Mahmood et al, 2012;Siddiqui et al, 2015;Faiz et al, 2016Rafi et al, 2017;Rauf et al, 2018); Distribution: China; Bhutan; Afghanistan; India; Malaysia; Indonesia; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Vietnam; Taiwan; Thailand; introduced into Belgium; Tsushima; Korea; France; Italy; Portugal; Spain; Yemen (Carpenter and Kojima, 1997;Dvořák, 2007;Mahmood et al, 2012).…”