Vespa orientalis Linnaeus 1771

Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771 Literature records Morice (1921); Derwesh (1965), mentioning ‘B. M. list No. 70’; Swailem et al. (1974); Abdul-Rassoul (1976); Al-Ali (1977); Augul (2016, 2017); Al-Saffar and Augul (2021). Material examined IRAQ: Kurdistan, Duhok, 5 km E of Ashewa, Mt. Gara, 1750–1950 m, 37.0158°N 43.3505°E, 3–6 June 2023, 1 ♀ (MSVI). Distribution Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Chad, Sudan, Malta, Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily), Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece (including Crete), Cyprus, Russia, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Bahrein, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, introduced into United Kingdom, Belgium, Czech Republic, Spain, China, Chile, Mexico, United States (Carpenter and Gadallah 2020).