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 Vespa basalis Smith, 1852 ( Fig. 32 ) Vespa basalis Smith, 1852 : 46 , ♀, “Nepaul” (London). Vespa obliterata Smith, 1852 : 47 , ♀, “Northern India ” (London). Material examined. Rawalpindi, 19.ix.11 , 1♂ ; Islamabad, 14.iv.12 , 1♂ ; Attock, 26.v.12 , 1♀. Distribution. Pakistan , China , Thailand , Vietnam , India , Myanmar , Indonesia , Taiwan , Laos , Nepal (Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Mahmood et al. 2012 ). Comments. Collected specimens were compared with Mahmood et al. (2012) . This species can be differentiated by the combination of following characters: first part of metasoma yellowish and further segments black. New locality records have been provided for this species.