a) Delta esuriens esuriens (Fabricius, 1787)

Vespa esuriens Fabricius, 1787: 293 . Type data: Syntype, BMNH. Type locality: India.

Material examined. INDIA: Andhra Pradesh: Guntur, 13.xii.2006, 1 ♂, Coll. Naveen Kumar. Karnataka: Dandeli, 29.v.2008, 2 ♂, Coll. Yadavababu ; Hebbal Bengaluru, 2.v.2011, 1 ♂, Coll. Mahendra ; Bangalore, GKVK, 916 m, 7.x, 10.xi.2012, 2♀, coll. A. Pannure. Kerala: Madayipara (Kannur), 38 m, 12°01’ N 75°15’ E, 13.viii.2015, 1♀, coll. S.D. Pradeepa. Nagaland: Medziphema Dimapur, 3.iii.2015, 1 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta. Gujarat: AAU Anand, 27.xi.2015, 2 ♂, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar. Maharashtra: Narayangaon Pune, 24.xi.2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Umeshkumar.

Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland (new record), Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Arabia; China; Bhutan; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Laos; Mauritius; Myanmar; New Caledonia; Oman; Pakistan; Philippines; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Thailand; Sri Lanka; United Arab Emirates; Vietnam. (Gupta 1997, Gusenleitner 2006, Gusenleitner 2011, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015b, Nguyen 2015 b, Pham & Li 2015, Pannure et al. 2016, Nidup et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b).