Open Access<b>New records of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespinae: <I>Vespa</I> and <I>Provespa</I>) from Bhutan</b>
Author(s) -
Phurpa Dorji,
Thinley Gyeltshen,
Wim Klein,
Tshering Nidup
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of threatened taxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 0974-7907
pISSN - 0974-7893
DOI - 10.11609/jott.2423.9.4.10102-10108
Subject(s) - subspecies , genus , hymenoptera , biology , zoology , botany , ecology
A total of eight species and subspecies of the genus Vespa, namely V. velutina nigrithorax du Buysson, 1905, V. basalis Smith, 1852, V. affinis affinis (Linnaeus, 1764), V. affinis indosinensis Pérez, 1910, V. mandarinia magnifica Smith, 1852, V. tropica leefmansi van der Vecht, 1957, V. bicolor Fabricius, 1787, V. analis nigrans du Buysson, 1903 along with Provespa barthelemyi (du Buysson, 1905) is recorded for the first time in Bhutan. The current number of species in the genus Vespa and Provespa found in Bhutan stands at 14. The records for V. mandarinia bellona Smith, 1871 and V. tropica tropica (Linnaeus, 1758) previously reported as from Maria Basti, Bhutan, must be confirmed.