Vespa velutina Lepeletier 1836
Creators: name: Handru, Alan
name: Nugroho, Hari
name: Saito-Morooka, Fuki
name: Ubaidillah, Rosichon
name: Kojima, Jun-Ichi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Vespidae
Vespa
Vespa velutina

description: Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836
(Figs. 2–3, 26)
Vespa velutina ”De Haan ” Lepeletier, 1836: 507.
Vespa velutina var. celebensis Pérez, 1910: 12.
Specimens examined. Sulawesi I.: South East Sulawesi: Mekongga forest: 2 ♀ (MZB), 9.iv.2013 [1 ♀, alt. ca. 1.890 m; 1 ♀, alt. ca. 1.878 m]; South Sulawesi: 1 ♀ (MNHN, holotype of celebensis), Bua-Kraeng (= Mount Bawakaraeng) [ca. 05˚19’S 119˚57’E]. Indonesian Archipelago other than Sulawesi I.: Simeuleu I.: 1 ♀ (MZB), 02˚31’S 96˚8’E, alt. ca. 16 m, Kuala Makmur, 25.vii.2017, Darmawan & Oskar Effendi; Sumatra I.: Aceh: 1 ♀ (MZB), alt. ca. 2.000 -2.700 m, Mt. Leuser [ca. 03˚46’N 97˚10’E], 1.ii.1937, A. Hoogerwerf; North Sumatra: 1 ♀ (MZB), alt. ca. 1.400 m, Brastagi [ca. 03˚11’N 98˚30’E], 7-14.xi.1950, M.A. Lieftinck; Jambi: 1 ♀ (IUNH), foot of Mt. Kerinci, alt. ca. 1.500 m [ca. 01˚45’S 101˚19’E], 5.xi.2001, JK; West Sumatra: 2 ♀ (SEHU), Air Sirah, Solok [ca. 00˚58’S 100˚53’E], 29.v.1984, Awalludin Jamal; 2 ♀ (SEHU), Koto Atas, Solok [ca. 00˚58’S 100˚53’E], 17.vi.1984, Awalludin Jamal; 7 ♀ (MZB), alt. ca. 1.650 m, Talang Lake [ca. 01˚01’S 100˚42’E], 12.xii.1987, Siti Salmah; South Sumatra: 4 ♀ (MZB), Mt. Tanggamoes [ca. 05˚26’S 104˚40’E] [1 ♀, alt. ca. 1.600 m, 29.vi.1934, L.T. Toxopeus; 2 ♀, 2.i.1935, Lieftinck & Toxopeus; 1 ♀, alt. ca. 2.100 m, 19-31.iii.1940, M.A. Lieftinck]; Java I.: West Java: 4 ♀ (MZB), alt. ca. 1.480 m, Cibodas [ca. 06˚30’S 107˚01’E], 16.iv.1973, C.D. Michener; 3 ♀ (MZB), alt. ca. 1.350 m, Cibodas [ca. 06˚30’S 107˚03’E], 15-16.v.1993, D.C. Darling; 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (MZB), 06˚44’S 106˚32’E, alt. ca. 950 m, Halimun NP, Cikaniki, 5-12.xii.2000, Rofik & Sarino; 1 ♀ (MZB), 06˚44’S 106˚32’E, alt. ca. 900-1.000 m, Gunung Halimun NP, Res. Forest, Gunung Kedung, Cikaniki, 13-20.ii.2001, Woro et al.; 1 ♀ (MZB), 06˚44’S 106˚32’E, alt. ca. 900-1.000 m, Gunung Halimun NP, Cikaniki, 15-22.v.2001, S. Kahono et al.; Central Java: 2 ♀ (MZB), 07˚32’S 110˚22’E, alt. ca. 818 m, Mentuk near Sungai Senowo, Krinjing, Dukun, Magelang, 29.vi.2009, HN; Bali I.: 1 ♀ (MZB), alt. ca. 1.200 m, Lake Bratan, Bedugul [ca. 08˚17’S 115˚10’E], 28.iii.1965, Soemadikarta; 9 ♀ (IUNH), 08°17’S 115°09’E, Bedugul, Baturiti, 7.ix.2005, JK & RU; 3 ♀ (IUNH), 08°20’S 115°11’E, Gunung Kangen, Tabanan, 8.ix.2005, JK & RU; 1 ♀ (IUNH), 08°27’S 115°13’E, Petang Badung, 10.ix.2005, JK & RU; 1 ♀ (IUNH), 08°11’S 114°26’E, Gilimanuk, Negara, 13.ix.2005, JK & RU.; Lombok I.: 1 ♀ (MZB), Pesugulan [ca. 08˚30’S 116˚33’E], 1.i.1980, A. Salim; 1 ♀ (IUNH), Sumbalan Lawang, Bayan [ca. 08˚23’S 116˚29’E], 9.xii.1999, N. Fujiyama; 1 ♀ (IUNH), 08°33’S 116°25’E, alt. ca. 540 m, Tetebatu, Sikur, 5.xi.2000, JK; 2 ♀ (IUNH), 08°34’S 116°14’E, Taman Wisata Alam, Suranadi, 6.xi.2000, JK; Sumbawa I.: 1 ♀ (IUNH), 08°35’S 117°17’E, alt. ca. 800 m, Batudulang, Batulanteh, 10.xi.2000, JK; 1 ♀ (IUNH), 08°27’S 118°44’E, Bima, 12.xi.2000 JK; Dompu: 1 ♀ (IUNH), 08°32’S 118°18’E, alt. ca. 100-150 m, Banggo, Manggalewa, 13.xi.2000, JK; 1 ♀ (IUNH), 08°36’S 118°17’E, Nangatumpuh, Manggalewa, 13.xi.2000, JK; Flores I.: 4 ♀ (MZB), alt. ca. 1.300 -1.500 m, Ranamese [ca. 08˚35’S 120˚40’E], A.M.R. Wegner [2 ♀, 6.iv.1958; 1 ♀, 7.iv.1958; 1 ♀, 10.iv.1958]; 1 ♀ (IUNH), alt. ca. 1.250 m, nr. Pancasila, Mt. Tambora [ca. 08˚16’S 117˚59’E], 22.ix-2.x.1993, C. v. Achterberg; Timor I.: 5 # (MZB), Kupang [ca. 08˚35’S 120˚40’E] [4 ♀, V.1940; 1 ♀, iii.1950].
Remarks. This species, representing many local color forms, is widely distributed in the Oriental Region, generally at places of higher altitude (van der Vecht, 1957; Carpenter & Kojima, 1997).
Distribution records: Indonesian Archipelago: throughout the archipelago except for Moluccas and New Guinea I.; Oriental Region, from Afghanistan in the west to Indonesian Archipelago in the east; introduce to Europe, South Korea and Tsushima and Iki Islands and Kyushu in Japan (van der Vecht, 1957; Carpenter & Kojima, 1997; Nguyen et al., 2006a; Villemant et al., 2006; Choi et al., 2012).
description: Published as part of Handru, Alan, Nugroho, Hari, Saito-Morooka, Fuki, Ubaidillah, Rosichon & Kojima, Jun-Ichi, 2020, Eusocial wasp fauna of Sulawesi Island, the central island of Wallacea (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae, Vespinae), pp. 541-559 in Zootaxa 4885 (4) on pages 546-547, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/4296946