61. Vespa fumida van der Vecht, 1959

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: Bhutan: Mongar (Dorji, Gyeltshen, et al. 2017; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a). Elsewhere: Nepal; India; Myanmar; China (Archer 1989, 2012; Carpenter & Kojima 1997; Dorji, Gyeltshen, et al. 2017; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a; Gawas et al. 2020; Ghosh et al. 2020; Kumar & Srinivasan 2010; Smith-Pardo et al. 2020).