69. Vespula flaviceps Smith, 1870

Vespa japonica de Saussure, 1858: 261 . Type data: Female, MHNG. Type locality: “ Japon ”.

Vespa flaviceps Smith, 1870: 174, 191.

Vespa “Lewisii, Sauss; Cameron, 1903c: 280.

Vespa saussurei Schulz, 1906: 231 .

Vespa karenkona Sonan, 1929: 137 (key), 148.

Vespa 4-maculata Sonan, 1929: 137 (key), 148.

Vespa vulgaris var. flavior Stolfa, 1934: 49

Vespula japonica pionganensis Giordani Soika, 1976: 287, 290.

Vespula gracilia Lee, 1986b: 201, 203, 206.

Distribution: Bhutan: Trashigang (Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a, 2017b). Elsewhere: India; Pakistan; Nepal; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; Malaysia; China; Russia; Korea; Japan (Archer 1989, 2012; Barthélémy et al. 2014; Carpenter & Kojima 1997; Choi & Kwon 2015; Daglio 2019; Das & Gupta 1983, 1989; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a, 2017b; Dvořák 2007; Gawas et al. 2020; Ghosh et al. 2020; Gusenleitner 2011; Kumar & Carpenter 2018; Mahmood et al. 2012; Nguyen, Vu, Daglio & Wiśniowski 2019; Rafi et al. 2017; Sora et al. 2019; Starr 1992).