Belonogaster grisea ( Fabricius, 1775 )

Belonogaster grisea ( Fabricius, 1775)

Vespa grisea Fabricius, 1775: 372 – “Sierra Leon Africae” ( holotype female NHMUK).

Belonogaster pictus Kohl, 1894: 320 View in CoL , 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 View in CoL , 250, 265, ♀, ♂ – “ Dakar ” ( lectotype female MNHN).

Belonogaster erythrospilus Cameron, 1910: 172 View in CoL , ♀, ♂ – “ 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 GoogleMaps .2015, leg. A. Kudrna jr., 1♀ ( MSVI); 70 km S Jima, Chebera Churchura

N.P., 7.03333N 36.68333E, 1100-1300m, 7–8. V GoogleMaps .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.