A taxonomic note on wasps (Scoliidae, Vespidae, Ampulicidae and Sphecidae) of Madayipara, Kannur, Kerala
Author
Kumar, P. Girish
Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala - 673006, India; Email: kpgiris @ gmail. com, charesh. c @ gmail. com
Author
Palot, Muhamed Jafer
Western Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Pune - 411044, Maharashtra, India; Email: palot. zsi @ gmail. com
Author
Charesh, C.
Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala - 673006, India; Email: kpgiris @ gmail. com, charesh. c @ gmail. com
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2020
120
4
373
386
journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/151352
2581-8686
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28.
Vespa tropica haematodes
Bequaert, 1936
(Figure 28)
1936.
Vespa tropica
var.
haematodes
Bequaert
,
Treubia
,
15
: 336, 338,
holotype
♀
,
India
: “Kooloo” (
MCZ
)
.
Material examined
:
ZSI/
WGRC
/I.
R
.-INV.12262,
1♀
,
INDIA
:
Kerala
,
Kannur
,
Madayipara
,
5.viii.2018
,
C. Charesh
.
Distribution
:
India
:
Bihar
,
Chhattisgarh
, Goa,
Haryana
,
Himachal Pradesh
,
Karnataka
,
Kerala
,
Madhya Pradesh
,
Odisha
,
Pondicherry
,
Sikkim
,
Tamil Nadu
,
Tripura
,
Uttarakhand
,
West Bengal
.
Elsewhere
:
Bhutan
;
China
;
Myanmar
;
Nepal
;
Pakistan
;
Sri Lanka
;
Vietnam
(
Gawas
et al.,
2019
).
Remarks
: This species usually making large underground nests. The stinging of this species is fatal.
Family
AMPULICIDAE