73. Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vespa vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758: 572 . Type data: Lectotype female, LSL. Type locality: “in Europa”.

Vespa sexcincta Panzer, 1799: 1 .

Vespa vulgaris var. pseudogermanica Stolfa, 1932: 26 .

Vespa mixta “Schenck ” Edwards, 1980: 363.

Vespula rufosignata Eck, 1998: 299 .

Vespula vulgaris vetus Eck, 1999: 309, 329.

Vespula yunlongensis Dong and Wang, 2003: 212 .

Distribution: Bhutan: Wangduephodrang, Haa, Trongsa (Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a, 2017b). Elsewhere: Albania; Argentina; Australia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia & Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Chile; China; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Iran; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxemburg, Macedonia; Mexico; Moldova; Mongolia; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Pakistan; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; South Africa; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Tahiti; Turkey; U.K.; Ukraine (Archer 1989, 2012; Carpenter & Kojima 1997; Das & Gupta 1989; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a, 2017b; Dubatolov & Dolgikh 2009; Dvořák & Castro 2007; Fateryga 2018; Gawas et al. 2020; Kumar & Carpenter 2018; Rafi et al. 2017; Rauf et al. 2018; Yildirim 2012).