Belonogaster grisea

Belonogaster grisea (Fabricius, 1775) Vespa grisea Fabricius, 1775: 372 – “Sierra Leon Africae” (holotype female NHMUK). Belonogaster pictus Kohl, 1894: 320, 323 (key), 324, 337, pl. 16 fig. 118, pl. 18 figs 142, 146, 152, 156, ♀, ♂ – “ Camerun ” (lectotype female NHMW). ? Belonogaster braunsi Kohl, 1894: 323 (key), 331, 334, ♀ – “ Südafrika: Port Natal ” (type depository unknown). Belonogaster griseus var. pallens du Buysson, 1909: 15, 250, 265, ♀, ♂ – “ Dakar ” (lectotype female MNHN). Belonogaster erythrospilus Cameron, 1910: 172, ♀, ♂ – “ Meru low lands, Ngare na nyuki” (lectotype male NHRS). Material examined. BENIN: Cove, Zou river, 16.IV.2000, leg. J. Halada, 1♀ (MSVI). ETHIOPIA: 20 km SE Konso, 5.25000N 37.53333E, 860 m, 11–13+ 18. V.2015, leg. A. Kudrna jr., 1♀ (MSVI); 70 km S Jima, Chebera Churchura N.P., 7.03333N 36.68333E, 1100-1300m, 7–8. V.2015, leg. A. Kudrna jr., 1♀ (MSVI). TOGO: Kloto, Foret de Missahoe, X.2020, 1♂ 6♀ (MSVI). Distribution. Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo *, Benin *, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia *, Kenya, Tanzania (including Zanzibar), Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland.