An updated checklist of family Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Vespidae of northern Pakistan

Abstract

Based on previous studies from 1947 to 2023, an updated checklist of family Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan has been compiled. The updated list comprises 39 species representing 16 genera and three subfamilies. Azad Kashmir represents 26 species, 10 genera and three subfamilies, while Gilgit-Baltistan harbors 24 species, 11 genera and three subfamilies. Among these, 11 species are common to both regions. Additionally, Eumenes coronatus coronatus (Panzer, 1799) is only known in Azad Kashmir, whereas Euodynerus fastidious fastidiosus (de Saussure, 1853), Euodynerus semisaecularis semisaecularis (Dalla Torre, 1889), Jucancistrocerus tachkendensis (Dalla Torre, 1889), Oreumenoides edwardsi (de Saussure, 1852), Symmorphus crassicornis (Panzer, 1798), Symmorphus glasunowi Morawitz, 1895, Polistes associus Kohl, 1898, and Dolichovespula intermedia (Birula, 1930) are only known from Gilgit-Baltistan. Furthermore, the following four species are distributed throughout the country: Delta dimidiatipenne (de Saussure, 1852), Polistes wattii Cameron, 1900, Polistes olivaceus (DeGeer, 1773), and Vespa orientalis Linnaus, 1771.