273) Vespa fumida van der Vecht, 1905

Vespa variabilis du Buysson, 1905 (1904) : 490 (key), 522, 627. Type data: Lectotype female, MNHN. Type locality: Mou-pin, China.

Vespa variabilis fumida van der Vecht, 1959c: 228 . Type data: MNHN. Type locality: Padong, Bhutan.

Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Myanmar; Nepal. (Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Dorji et al. 2017a).