Vespa fumida van der Vecht

Vespa fumida van der Vecht Fig. 31 Vespa variabilis du Buysson, 1905 (1904): 522. Lectotype female (designated by van der Vecht, 1959: 228); China: Mou-pin (PARIS). Nec Vespa variabilis Fabricius, 1781. Vespa variabilis fumida van der Vecht, 1959: 228. Holotype female; India: ‘ British Bootan’, Padong’ (PARIS). Distribution. India, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei, Fujian). Discussion. Vespa fumida is found at high altitudes between 600 m and 3,000 m across northeastern India into China (Archer 1999). Otherwise, little is known about its biology.Published as part of Smith-Pardo, Allan H., Carpenter, James M. & Kimsey, Lynn, 2020, The Diversity of Hornets in the Genus Vespa (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Vespinae), Their Importance and Interceptions in the United States, pp. 1-27 in Insect Systematics and Diversity 4 (3) on page 15, DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixaa006, http://zenodo.org/record/382692