12. Delta conoideum (Gmelin, 1790)

Vespa conica Fabricius, 1787: 293 —“ China ” (BMNH).

Delta conoideum Gusenleitner, 1987: 269 .

Distribution: Bhutan: Chhukha, Wangduephodrang (Nidup et al. 2018). Elsewhere: India; Arabia; China; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam; Laos (Bingham 1897; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a; Gawas et al. 2020; Nguyen 2015b; Nidup et al. 2018; Srinivasan & Kumar 2010).