16. Eumenes atrophicus (Fabricius, 1798)

(Figures 2: D, E, F)

Vespa atrophica Fabricius, 1798: 264 female “ In India orientali” (UZMC).

Polistes atrophica; Fabricius, 1804: 280.

Icaria (?) atrophica de Saussure, 1853: 42 .

Eumenes compressus de Saussure, 1855: 142 .

Eumenes atrophica Schulz, 1912: 101 .

Eumenes citreolineatus Giordani Soika, 1941: 135 .

Material examined: NBCB-00525, 22.x.2015, 1 ♀, Trashigang Pam, Trashigang, Bhutan (91°32'12.84''E & 27°18'40.68''N, 987 m), Leg.: Phurpa Dorji & Wim Klein; NBCB-00526, 12.x.2015, 1 ♀, Tsholingkhar, Tsirang, Bhutan (90°5'54.96''E & 27°0'27''N, 1159 m), Leg.: Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; NBCB-00527, 09.x.2015, 1 ♀, Dhamdangra, Chhukha, Bhutan (89°23'0.96''E & 26°52'25.68''N, 310 m), Leg.: Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein .

Distribution: Bhutan (new record): Trashigang, Tsirang, Chhukha. Elsewhere: India; China; Indonesia; Singapore; Philippines; Japan; Malaysia; Myanmar; South Korea; Thailand (Gawas et al. 2020; Kumar, Carpenter, Castro, et al. 2017; Srinivasan & Kumar 2010).