65. Vespa vivax Smith, 1870

Vespa vivax Smith (in Horne and Smith), 1870: 190. Holotype female; India: Binsar, ‘ Binsur, Kumaon’ (London-NHM).

Vespa velutina var. mediozonalis Pérez, 1910: 14 .

Vespa wilemani Meade-Waldo, 1911: 104 .

Distribution: Bhutan: Haa, Bumthang (Dorji, Gyeltshen, et al. 2017; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a, 2017b). Elsewhere: India; Nepal; Myanmar; Thailand; China (Archer 1989, 2012; Carpenter & Kojima 1997; Das & Gupta 1983, 1989; Dorji, Gyeltshen, et al. 2017; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a, 2017b; Gusenleitner 2006; Kumar & Srinivasan 2010; Smith-Pardo et al. 2020; Tenzin & Katel 2019; van der Vecht 1959).