72. Vespula structor (Smith, 1870)

Vespa structor Smith, 1870: 191 . Type data: Female, BMNH. Type locality: Binsar, Uttarakhand, India.

Vespa orbata var. aurulenta du Buysson, 1905 (1904): 579.

Vespa structrix Schulz, 1906: 231 .

Vespula gongshanensis Dong, 2005: 65 .

Distribution: Bhutan: Wangduephodrang, Haa, Bumthang (Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a, 2017b). Elsewhere: India; Nepal; Myanmar; China; Thailand; Laos (Archer 1989, 2012; Carpenter & Kojima 1997; Daglio 2019; Das & Gupta 1983, 1989; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a, 2017b; Gawas et al. 2020; Ghosh et al. 2020; Gusenleitner 2011; Kumar & Carpenter 2018; Sora et al. 2019; Tan, Tan, Zhang, Tian & Jian 2018).