Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of the Pothwar region of Punjab, Pakistan Author Siddiqui, Junaid Ali Author Bodlah, Imran Author Carpenter, James M. Author Naeem, Muhammad Author Ahmad, Munir Author Bodlah, Muhammad Adnan text Zootaxa 2015 3914 5 501 524 journal article 42237 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.5.1 741c4672-2d53-443c-8aef-eda67ff87d01 1175-5326 241739 64BD9B4F-97A5-4D1E-84FA-EF3947FAD569 Genus Rhynchium Spinola, 1806 Rhynchium Spinola 1806 : 84 , emendation of Rygchium validated by Opinion 747 (ICZN 1965) (no. 1688 of Official List of Generic Names in Zoology). Type species: Rygchium (!) europaeum Spinola, 1806 [= Ves pa oculata Fabricius, 1781 ], by monotypy (no. 2095 of Official List of Specific Names in Zoology). Rygchium Spinola, 1806 : 84 . Incorrect original spelling of Rhynchium Spinola , placed on Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology (as no. 1768) by Opinion 747 (ICZN 1965). Rhynchium Billberg, 1820 : 109 . Emendation of Rychium [!] Spinola; validated and placed on Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (as no. 1688) by Opinion 747 (ICZN 1965). Rychium [!] Billberg, 1820 : 109 . Placed on Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology (as no. 1769) by Opinion 747 (ICZN 1965). Rynchium Sturm, 1829 : 12 . Unjustified emendation of Rhynchium Spinola , placed on Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology (as no. 1770) by Opinion 747 (ICZN 1965). Rhygchium [!] de Saussure, 1853: xxxi, 276. Placed on Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology (as no. 1771) by Opinion 747 (ICZN 1965). Eurrhynchium Dalla Torre, 1904 : 33 , name for division II of Rhynchium Spinola in de Saussure, 1852 : 105 . Type species: Vespa oculata Fabricius, 1781 , by subsequent designation of van der Vecht & Carpenter 1990 : 23 . The genus Rhynchium includes slightly more than 20 species and many subspecies, distributed throughout the Old World (van der Vecht & Fischer 1972 , Cardale 1985 , Carpenter et al. 2010, Nugroho et al. 2012).