281) Vespula austriaca (Panzer, 1799)

Vespa austriaca Panzer 1799 . Type data: Male, destroyed. Type locality: “Viennae Austr.” Vespa borealis Smith, 1843: 170 . Vespa arborea Smith, 1849: 1 x. Vespa biloba Schilling, 1850: 77 . Vespa arborea "Ross " Dalla Torre, 1894: 138. Vespula (Vespula) austriaca; Guiglia, 1972: 102. Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir. Elsewhere: Albania; Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia & Herzegovina;

Bulgaria; Canada; China; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany;

Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Lux-

embourg; Macedonia; Moldova; Mongolia; Netherlands; Norway; Pakistan; Poland; Romania; Russia; Serbia;

Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; U. K.; Ukraine. (Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1989,

Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018).