Belonogaster macilenta

Belonogaster macilenta (Fabricius, 1781) Vespa macilenta Fabricius, 1781: 468 – “Africa aequinoctiali” (holotype male NHMUK). Belonogaster pusillus Kohl, 1894: 320, 323 (key), 325, 337, pl. 15 figs 75, 77, pl. 16 fig. 116, pl. 17 figs 137, 140, 143, 148, ♀, ♂ – “ Westafrika: Sierra Leone ” (? RBINS). Material examined. BENIN: Save env., 5.0352N 2.4891E, 16. VI.2001, leg. F. Kantner, 1♂ 1♀ (OLML); 15 km SE of Save, 8–25.IV.2000, leg. J. Halada, 1♂ (MSVI). GUINEA: Monts Nimba, Lola, 7.69433N 8.40183W, 8.VII.2004, leg. M. Halada, 2♀ (MSVI, OLML); NW Guinea, Hadina Salmbandi, 11.9275N 11.8975W, 11.VII.2004, leg. M. Halada, 1♀ (OLML). TOGO: Kloto, Foret de Missahoe, X.2020, 2♀ (MSVI). Distribution. Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea *, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo *, Benin *, Nigeria.