64. Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836

Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836: 507 . Type data: Female, MNHN. Type locality: Java, Indonesia.

Vespa auraria Smith, 1852a: 46 .

Vespa crabro var. immaculata Morawitz, 1889: 161 .

Vespa fruhstorferi Stadelmann, 1894: 89 .

Vespa velutina var. ardens du Buysson, 1905 (1904): 550.

Vespa auraria var. nigrithorax du Buysson, 1905 (1904): 553.

Vespa velutina var. c elebensis Pérez, 1910: 12.

Vespa velutina var. megei Pérez, 1910: 13

Vespa mongolica var. divergens Pérez, 1910: 16 .

Vespa flavitarsus Sonan, 1929: 137 & 142.

Vespa auraria flavitarsis Ma, 1937: 31 .

Vespa velutina sumbana van der Vecht, 1957: 40 .

Vespa velutina variana van der Vecht, 1957: 37 .

Vespa velutina karnyi van der Vecht, 1957: 38 .

Vespa velutina timorensis van der Vecht, 1957: 40 .

Vespa velutina floresiana van der Vecht, 1957: 40 .

Vespa velutina pruthii van der Vecht, 1959: 228 .

Distribution: Bhutan: Trashigang, Tsirang, Thimphu, Wangduephodrang, Mongar (Tenzin & Katel 2019). Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Pakistan; India; Nepal; China; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Korea; Vietnam; Malaysia; Indonesia; Japan; Belgium; France; Spain; Portugal; United Kingdom; Italy; Yemen (Archer 1989, 2012; Barthélémy et al. 2014; Carpenter & Kojima 1997; Choi & Kwon 2015; Das & Gupta 1983, 1989; Gawas et al. 2020; Ghosh et al. 2020; Gusenleitner 2011; Husemann, Sterr, Maack & Abraham 2020; Kim, Choi & Moon 2006; Kumar, Mazumdar, et al. 2015; Mahmood et al. 2012; Nguyen, Saito, et al. 2006; Nugroho et al. 2011; Pham & Li 2015; Porporato, Manino, Laurino & Demichelis 2014; Qasim et al. 2018; Rafi et al. 2017; Rauf et al. 2018; Sora et al. 2019; Smith- Pardo et al. 2020; Tenzin & Katel 2019; Ueno 2014).